Author: Philip Alpers

One of the central components of the Arms Trade Treaty is the requirement for all States Parties to establish a National Control List of weapons and ammunition…

Preventing armed violence in Africa and Oceania is the focus of this Centre. Our efforts to avoid more gun death and injury are now accelerated…

The Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) has begun a UN-funded partnership with ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States…

Following requests from governments at the 2019 Pacific Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, CAVR reviewed the relevant laws for twelve Pacific Island States…

Armed violence often cannot be significantly reduced without understanding the part played by gender attitudes in the thinking of those at risk of committing it…

CAVR offers a version of its ArmsTracker national weapon control system tailor-made to the needs of each State Agency, its governing legislation and current practices…

CAVR deployed six staff and contractors from the US, the UK, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Australia to mount national workshops on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the UN small arms Programme of Action (UNPoA)…

On 8 April 2019 Palau became the 101st State Party to the Arms Trade Treaty, the third Pacific Island country after Samoa and Tuvalu…

In Brisbane, CAVR organised the Pacific Arms Trade Treaty Conference (PacCon19). Hosted and funded by Australia and New Zealand…

50 state and civil society delegates from Asia-Pacific convened in Brisbane, Australia for the 2019 Pacific Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (PacCon19), organised by