Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Buchanan, Cate, Mireille Widmer et al. 2007 ‘Key Instruments.’ Missing Pieces: A Guide for Reducing Gun Violence Through Parliamentary Action; Annex 5, pp. 166-174. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1 January
Relevant contents
[List and description of 71 Global, Regional and Sub-Regional Instruments (agreements) related to small arms as at January 2007, including:]
Instrument
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948
- "The Manufacture, Use and Control of Firearms", Interpol General Assembly Resolution, 1997
- UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, draft resolution, 1997
- Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, 2000
- Legal Framework for a Common Approach to Weapons Control in the Pacific region (Nadi Framework), 2000
- Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition, and Other Related Material in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region, 2001
- Nairobi Protocol for the prevention, control and reduction of small arms and light weapons in the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa, 2004
- Andean Plan to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 2003
-UN Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, 2001 (Firearms Protocol or Vienna Protocol)
- International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (International Tracing Instrument)
- Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, 1996
- Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Material, 1997 (OAS Convention)
- ASEAN Declaration on Transnational Crime, 1997
- OAS Model Regulations for the Control of International Movement of Firearms, their Parts, Components, and Ammunition, 1998
- EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, 1998
- Mercado Commun del Sur (MERCOSUR) Joint Mechanism, 1998
- ECOWAS Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation, and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons, 1998
- Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, 2000
- OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons, 2000
- Wassenaar Best Practice Guidelines for Exports of Small Arms and Light Weapons, 2002
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