Source: ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network
Country: World
Arguing for the urgent need for evidence of
magnitude and scale of the humanitarian impact of small arms to guide policy
and intervention, this paper provides a preliminary roadmap for humanitarian
agencies to engage more proactively with the issue of small arms and light
weapons.
It reviews the dimensions of the problem,
from both the disarmament and the humanitarian perspective, and presents
a conceptual framework for understanding and measuring the humanitarian
impacts of small arms misuse.
The papers aims to contribute to a better
understanding of the humanitarian impact of small arms in order to generate
awareness among stakeholders, and can serve to inform interventions designed
to reduce armed violence.
