By David Atwood and Gian Giezendanner Any multilateral instrument on an issue of international concern, such as arms control or disarmament, is likely to impose reporting obligations on the participating states. Reporting has several functions, from indicating how well an instrument is being implemented over time to revealing weak spots…

By Gergely Hideg, with Callum Watson The Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine has exacted a devastating toll on the Ukrainian civilian population. Mounting an adequate humanitarian response will hinge on properly quantifying its scale and nature — never an easy task in a war zone, and immeasurably harder…

By Aldana Romano and Julián Alfie Versión en español a continuación ‘Actresses, politicians, artists, businesswomen, role models…all women, bah… Won’t we raise our voices? THEY’RE KILLING US.’ Argentinian journalist Marcela Ojeda posted this tweet on 11 May 2015. Three weeks later, on 3 June, more than 200,000 people gathered before…

By: Charline Perdrix, student lawyer and Small Arms Survey intern (August 2022 to February 2023) Version française également disponible ci-dessous. Almost one in three women across the globe — some 736 million women in total — have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime…

By: Dr. Marco Iazzetta Data art designer: Melina Carla D’Auria Versión en español a continuación Every 35 hours, a woman is assassinated in Argentina just for being a woman. This dire situation unleashed a wave of protests, beginning on 3 June 2015 with a march under the slogan ‘Ni una…

By: Nicolas Florquin, Alaa Tartir, and Anthony Obayi Onyishi

By: Gergely Hideg and Gianluca Boo Though difficult to fathom as war rages in Ukraine, the years preceding the Russian invasion actually saw a reduction in global lethal violence. According to the latest update of the Small Arms Survey’s Global Violent Deaths (GVD) database, loss of life resulting from interpersonal…

By: Matt Schroeder Introduction Despite an unprecedented global campaign to curtail the illicit proliferation of man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), armed groups continue to acquire and use these weapons at an alarming rate. The Small Arms Survey has identified reports of illicit MANPADS in 32 countries and territories on five continents…

By: Kheira Djouhri, with Emilia Dungel and Callum Watson Version française également disponible ci-dessous. The Security Council has stated that: the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation, and misuse of small arms and light weapons fuel armed conflicts and have a wide range of […] consequences […], including the disproportionate impact on…