CAVR News

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

Guns, Pandemic, Climate Change and Hunger
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…

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

Asia-Pacific Gathers for Arms Trade Treaty Conference
50 state and civil society delegates from Asia-Pacific convened in Brisbane, Australia in late February for the 2019 Pacific Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty

Our National Arms Control Workshops in Melanesia
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)…

ATT CSP4 Tokyo: Addressing Reporting and Transparency
The Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP4) was held in Tokyo (20-24 August 2018). Delegates from all over the world,

Tokyo, CAVR Host Strong Pacific Contingent at ATT CSP4
This year, the Fourth Conference of States Parties (CSP4) of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) will be held in Tokyo from 20 to 24 August. About 500 delegates are

UN Small Arms Review Conference in New York
At United Nations Headquarters in New York from 18-29 June 2018, the Third Review Conference (RevCon3) will evaluate progress made on the implementation of the

CAVR Launches New Arms Register in New York, Tokyo
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 Geneva for the Arms Trade Treaty 2nd PrepCom
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

CAVR Takes Arms Control Workshop to Palau
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,

Geneva, New York Launches for New CAVR ATT reports
From 11th – 15th September 2017, the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) and the Pacific Small Arms Action Group (PSAAG) attended the Third Conference