The Arms Trade Treaty A Practical Guide to National Implementation Edited by Sarah Parker
A publication prepared with support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to the ATT Network
A Practical Guide to National Implementation The Arms Trade Treaty
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Published in Switzerland by the Small Arms Survey
Copy-edited by Tania Inowlocki Proofread by Stephanie Huitson
© Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva 2016
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Published in August 2016
ISBN 978-2-940548-28-6
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The Small Arms Survey The Small Arms Survey is a global centre of excellence whose mandate is to generate impartial, evidence-based, and policy-relevant knowledge on all aspects of small arms and armed violence. It is the principal international source of expertise, information, and analysis on small arms and armed violence issues, and acts as a resource for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and civil society. It is located in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Small Arms Survey Maison de la Paix Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2E 1202 Geneva Switzerland p +41 22 908 5777 f +41 22 732 2738 e
[email protected]vey.org w www.smallarmssurvey.org
The ATT Network The ATT Network was launched in 2013 by the Geneva Forum and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). It is now composed of the Graduate Institute’s Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), the GCSP, the Small Arms Survey, and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). It serves as an informal platform for information exchange, assisting ATT states parties, and promoting adherence to and effective implementation of the ATT.
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About the organizations
About the organizations
A Practical Guide to National Implementation
About the authors and contributors
Stuart Casey-Maslen is an honorary professor with the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Guy Lamb is the Director of the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Anton Martyniuk is an international consultant on arms control and nonproliferation. Tom Nijs is a legal adviser on strategic goods control in the Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs in Belgium. Sarah Parker is a senior researcher with the Small Arms Survey. Ted Seay is a senior policy consultant at the British American Security Information
The Arms Trade Treaty
Council (BASIC) in the United Kingdom.
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Table of contents
Table of contents
List of boxes and tables ............................................................................................................. 10 Section 1: Introduction ............................................................................................................. 13 1.1 Context
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1.2 What is the purpose of this Guide?
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1.3 Who can benefit from this Guide?
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1.4 How can the Guide be used?
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Section 2: Overview of the Arms Trade Treaty ......
