CAVR News
30-Plus Security Agencies Now Have ArmsTracker
The leading solution for weapon and ammunition management (WAM) in low-capacity settings, ArmsTracker is installed or under evaluation with more than 30 military, law enforcement
ArmsTracker Tackles Priorities of African States
Under the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms (UNPoA), every Member State is required to file a national, bi-annual report. In these, governments are encouraged
Not Much Aid for Sub-Saharan Arms Control
Only a tiny proportion of aid to Africa goes to one of the continent’s most pressing problems. In the past decade of international assistance reported
CAVR Features in The Australian
As their flight made slow circles over foggy Canberra one winter morning in 2012, Alistair Gee and Philip Alpers came up with an idea. The
Armed Incident Management (Aim) New tool from CAVR
Aim (Armed Incident Management) is a public, digitised mapping tool developed by the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR). Its aim is to assist stakeholders
ArmsTracker Records Cambodia Weapon Destruction
ArmsTracker is being used by the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation in its US-funded project to record the destruction of surplus weapons for the Royal Cambodian
Documenting and Collecting Illicit Firearms
The most recent estimates of Global Firearms Holdings show that the whereabouts and security of 754 million of the world’s firearms are unknown. To reduce
ECOWAS Chooses ArmsTracker for West Africa
The Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) has begun a UN-funded partnership with ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States…
Arms Trade Treaty Needs More Pacific States
In terms of gun violence and trafficking, the Pacific is currently one of the safest regions in the world. This was not always the case,
Gender and Arms Control in the Pacific
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…
Affordable Arms Control for Pacific Governments
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…
Model Control List for Pacific Island Countries
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…