The National Arms Transfer Database (NATD) was launched this year at the Third Review Conference (RevCon) of the UN small arms Programme of Action (UNPoA) in New York and the Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty in Tokyo. The NATD is an affordable, easy to use software package designed for low-capacity […]
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This week the 2nd Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference of States Parties on the Arms Trade Treaty is under way in Geneva (May 29 – June 1). The Centre for Armed Violence Reduction and the Pacific Small Arms Action Group are both here to meet with States Parties and to identify concrete ways to assist the Working Groups on Effective Treaty Implementation, Diversion,
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From 7-10 November 2017, the Government of Palau and the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) held the Palau National Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Workshop, funded by the ATT Voluntary Trust Fund (VTF) at the Palau Royal Resort. Representatives of the Palau Working Group for the Arms Trade Treaty, CAVR and the Stimson Centre (USA) met at
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From 11th – 15th September 2017, the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) and the Pacific Small Arms Action Group (PSAAG) attended the Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP3) in Geneva. The Conference of States Parties is an annual event, bringing together the nations which have ratified the ATT, signatories
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From 11th – 15th September 2017, the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction and PSAAG attended the Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP3) in Geneva. The Conference of States Parties is an annual event, bringing together the nations which have ratified the ATT, signatories to the treaty, UN bodies and civil
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The Centre is delighted to announce that Deepayan Basu Ray recently joined us as Director of Arms Control. Mr Basu Ray has over 15 years’ experience in arms control research, policy, legislation and international law, as well as in the fields of human security, aid effectiveness and sustainable development. In his most recent role as
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When the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) joined CARICOM Impacs in January this year to discuss national and regional arms control systems, CAVR gained greater insight into the challenges for the region. Here are three challenges identified during the workshop, plus three opportunities we discussed with officials to assist in overcoming those challenges. Outdated
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