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However, it is not only in war or its aftermath that people suffer the effects of widespread arms availability. ... action to reduce the massive human cost of unregulated arms availability.

• 2010-10-29
• Overview

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

In a report entitled " Arms Availability and the Situation of Civilians in Armed Conflict " , issued today, 1 July, ... ICRC research shows a strong link between high levels of arms availability and ...

• 1999-07-01
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

Background paper 26-05-2006 Report Background paper The human costs of unregulated small arms availability The UN process on small ... Production and trade International arms transfers Reducing the ...

• 2006-05-26
• Report

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... of the Red Cross this opportunity to express some views on implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty. ... law occur, some arms brokers contribute to the exacerbation of armed conflicts and facilitate ...

• 2011-07-22
• Statement

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... which are based on the conclusions of the ICRC report Arms availability and the situation of civilians in armed conflict published already in 1999. ... of armed conflicts and violence worldwide— ...

• 2007-04-04
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, June 16, 2010. ... The ICRC has found that, while innovative and interesting projects do exist to reduce the availability and effects of small arms ...

• 2010-06-16
• Statement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

Accordingly, in 1999 the ICRC published a study entitled Arms availability and the situation of civilians in armed conflict. ... costs of unregulated arms availability and on respect for international ...

• 2001-07-12
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

Geneva (ICRC) – Each year, small arms play a role in the murder, ... tight control over the transfer and availability of weapons, to stop them falling into the hands of those likely to violate ...

• 2003-07-07
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

These developments were documented by the ICRC in its study on Arms availability and the situation of civilians in armed conflict ( ... unregulated arms availability and of the existing international ...

• 2003-07-10
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... States for a strong and comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty in the run-up to the United Nations negotiating conference in 2012. ... and comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty in the run-up to the United Nations ...

• 2010-05-12
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

• Places
  • Africa
    • Benin

• Places
  • Africa
    • Burkina Faso

• Places
  • Africa
    • Côte d'Ivoire

On the basis of the conclusions of its study entitled Arms Availability and the Situation of Civilians in Armed Conflict (1999)2, ... 2 Arms Availability and the Situation of Civilians in Armed ...

• 2007-08-16
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

4069 true PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE ARMS TRADE TREATY IN BRIEF AVAILABILITY OF ARMS: ... that the widespread availability of arms facilitates violations of ...

• 2011-09-09
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... of weapons in a report entitled Arms availability and the situation of civilians in armed conflict, which was published in 1999. This report concluded that the widespread availability of arms ...

• 2011-03-01
• Statement

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... Treaty In its 1999 study on the availability of arms and the situation of civilians in armed conflict, ... In order to ensure comprehensive coverage of all international arms transfers and reduce the ...

• 2009-10-01
• Statement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... a global Arms Trade Treaty, the ICRC asked Dr Cyriaque Agnekethom, ... To curb the suffering caused by the unregulated availability of small arms and light weapons, the West African region needs to ...

• 2010-05-21
• Interview

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

• Places
  • Africa

... could best implement a resolution on arms availability adopted by the 1999 Council of Delegates of the International Red Cross and Red ... " Unregulated arms availability can facilitate violations of ...

• 2000-10-12
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Bulgaria

Civilian populations have paid an appalling price for the widespread availability of arms ... recommendations for IHL-based controls on arms availability, to the 27th International Conference in 1999.

• 1998-02-19
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... that proposes modest steps towards addressing the grave consequences of unregulated arms availability. ... role that uncontrolled arms availability plays in undermining respect for international ...

• 2001-07-26
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... pay for inadequate controls on the availability of weapons and their frequent use in violation of international humanitarian law. ... resulting from the unregulated availability of small arms.

• 2005-07-08
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia

The unregulated availability of weapons, in particular small arms and light weapons, ... determine how the global efforts to prevent unregulated arms availability develop in the years to come.

• 2006-06-23
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Small arms availability

... the widespread availability of small arms and light weapons and ... An ICRC study on arms availability and armed conflict conducted in 1999 showed that the proliferation of small arms and light ...

• 2009-11-09
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Children

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

• Places
  • Africa
    • Cape Verde

• Places
  • Africa
    • Gambia