MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union

MISSING PIECES
interventions to provide survivors of gun violence full enjoyment of and
access to their rights.
Theme 4 - Focusing on gender: Clear understanding of the particular
experiences of men and women—as perpetrators, victims and survivors
of small arms violence—is needed to inform policy and action to better
bring the crisis under control, including those factors that lead men and
young boys in particular to arm themselves.
Theme 5 - Taking guns and ammunition out of circulation: Many countries
are already saturated with weapons and ammunition, and controlling new
transfers of weapons is not enough. While disarmament exercises are now
fairly common at the end of armed conflicts, this theme provides some
guidance on how weapons can be collected in a variety of settings.
Theme 6 - Addressing the demand for small arms: Though largely neglected
to date, programmes that seek to change individual preferences for small
arms – the so-called ‘demand’ factors – have been building momentum.
This theme looks at human behaviour, the other facet of gun violence, and
suggests a framework for influencing this essential aspect of the small arms
equation.
Theme 7 - Justice and security sector governance: The evidence is clear
that security and justice sector reform efforts must pay heed to a range of
small arms control issues, including ensuring that guidelines on the use of
force are followed, and that the state is able to fulfil its due diligence obligations
by protecting its citizens.
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the Inter-Parliamentary
Union hope that you will find this publication both a practical and an
inspiring tool for undertaking action to end gun violence, and rigorously
controlling the arms trade. Greater collective effort is required to tackle
this problem. Parliamentarians are ideally positioned to help drive and
consolidate this collective effort.
Martin Griffiths
Director
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Anders B. Johnson
Secretary General
Inter-Parliamentary Union
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