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36 Telephone interview between Christian Ruge, FAFO and Brigadier Geir Anda, Commander,
Norwegian Defence Staff Press and Information Office, Oslo. Communicated to the HD Centre,
18 May 2005.
37 Ms. Frey was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Small Arms in April
2003, and was tasked with preparing a comprehensive study on the prevention of human rights
violations committed with small arms and light weapons based on her working paper prepared
for the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (E/CN.4/Sub.2/
2002/39), which considered the diverse legal and practical issues involved in the questions of (a)
the trade and carrying of small arms and light weapons; and (b) the use of such weapons in the
context of human rights and humanitarian norms, and offered recommendations for further
action and research. She presented the final report of the study in August 2006.
38 Frey, Barbara (2006), Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light
weapons : Final report submitted by Barbara Frey, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Sub-
Commission resolution 2002/25 (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/27), para 42. Available at: http://hrp.cla.umn.
edu/documents/A%20HRC%20Sub.1%2058%2027.pdf
39 The estimated figures for annual US gun theft alone are 500,000–1,820,000. Small Arms Survey
2004, pp. 60–61
40 Chetty, Robert, ed. (2000), Firearm Use and Distribution in South Africa, National Crime Prevention
Centre, Firearms Programme, Pretoria, p. 45
41 Gould (2004), Hide and Seek, p. 200
42 Francis, Geoffrey (1995), ‘Illicit firearms in Canada: Sources, smuggling and trends’, Royal Canadian
Mounted Police Gazette, Vol. 57, Issue 2, pp. 22–24
43 In the first eight months of 2003, Mexican officials reportedly asked the US government to trace
more than 17,000 US-origin guns recovered from crimes in Mexico. Grillo, Ioan (2003), ‘Illegal
arms pervasive in Mexico and most obtained from the US’, Houston Chronicle, 12 October 2003
44 Organisation of American States (2002), Evaluation of Progress in Drug Control 2000–2002, OAS,
Mexico, p. 8
45 Botswana does not issue handgun licences to individuals; the only people who can possess and
carry firearms are serving members of the police and defence force. Hunters are subject to strict
control, with only 400 licenses issued annually, by lottery—200 for shotguns and 200 for rifles.
46 Gun Control Alliance (South Africa), Facts and Figures—Botswana: A Lesson for South Africa.
Available at: www.gca.org.za/facts/briefs/09botswana.htm
47 Based on Zimring, Franklin (1991), ‘Firearms, violence and public policy’, Scientific American,
November, pp. 24–30
48 Cukier, Wendy et al. (2003), Emerging Global Norms in the Regulation of Civilian Possession of Small
Arms, SAFER-Net, Toronto (updated in 2004)
49 South Africa, Firearms Control Act (No.60 of 2000), Section 140
50 Villaveces, Andres et al. (2000), ‘Effect of a ban on carrying firearms on homicide rates in two
Colombian cities’, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 283, pp. 1205–1209
51 Canada, Firearms Act (1995), chap. 39. Available at: www.laws.justice.gc.ca/en/F-11.6/59627.html
52 Hemenway, David et al. (2002), ‘Firearm availability and female homicide victimization rates
across 25 populous high-income countries’, Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association,
Vol. 57, pp. 100–104
53 Richardson, Vigdor, Elizabeth and James Mercy (2002), ‘Disarming batterers: The impact of
domestic violence firearm laws’, in Jens, Ludwig and Philip Cook (eds.), Evaluating Gun Policy:
Effects on Crime and Violence, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. However, the commission
of a violent misdemeanour does not always result in the abusers’ guns being surrendered.
54 South Africa, Firearms Control Act, chap. 5: Competency Certificate, sec. 9 (5) (a) and (b)
55 Cukier et al. (2003), Emerging Global Norms
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