Presentation to CIFTA conference of States Parties Mexico 21 Feb International Action Network on Small Arms

global daily deaths by firearms 560 homicides 250 direct war deaths 140 suicides 50 accidental deaths

800 organisations in 120 countries IANSA – The global movement against gun violence

who are IANSA’s members ? NGOs in a wide variety of fields Peace and security Youth work Women’s rights Human rights Democracy Good governance Crime prevention Public health Community organising Development Victim assistance Research Law Awareness Criminal justice Churches Police Humanitarian aid Journalists Parliamentarians

how are NGOs reducing gun violence? A wide variety of contributions Information Identifying contacts National Commission members Survivor support Education Popular mobilisation Policy advice Opinion polls Legislative drafting Coordinating Identifying funders Training Research Media outreach Convening Evaluation Conflict resolution Data collection Monitoring Medical care Providing testimony DDR

IANSA - North & Central Americas

IANSA - Caribbean

IANSA - South America

CLAVE: Coalición Latinoamericana para la Prevención de la Violencia Armada IANSA members in Latin America

Examples from CLAVE members Brazil Argentina Bolivia Guatemala Regional Global

Brazil : 24,000 lives saved Stronger law (incl centralised register) Buyback & destruction: 460,000 guns Public awareness Permanent Parliamentary Commission

Argentina national disarmament plan Buyback: 70,000 guns Public awareness: ¡Basta de Armas ! Toy gun ‘buyback’ Result: Review of national law

Bolivia: Constitutional change CEJIP + CLAVE members from Argentina & Peru New constitutional provision on prevention of violence Bolivia’s 1st gun law being developed with office of the Vice President

Guatemala: Training judges Analysis of how gun law is applied in Supreme Court Training for judges and Justice Dept staff Clarify position of home-made guns 3 destructions of guns seized in crime

Regional activity : SICA SICA Code of Conduct (2006) – decisions on arms transfers must take into account - human rights situation - risk of diversion IANSA members heavily involved in drafting Campaigners in El Salvador

International activity : Control Arms ATT based on the ‘Golden Rule’ – no arms transfers to human rights abusers Million Faces petition Submissions to UN Sec-Gen on an ATT: 100+ Control Arms Concert in Paraguay

International activity : UN Fora IANSA coordinates civil society involvement in UN small arms process Provides experts to UN First Commission events, Groups of Govt Experts, etc Provides information and support to governments with small delegations IANSA with Kofi Annan, 2006

Why work with civil society? Confidence building, legitimacy of govt programs Communications skills Ideas / info from all sectors, countries, languages Independence and agility Institutional memory Consistent with transition to democracy UN PoA specifies 75% of guns in civilian hands

Global week of action against gun violence, 2 – 9 June 2008 NGOs, UN agencies, governments, schools participate 2007 had events in 65 countries Fountain in São Paulo, Brazil Campaigning in El Salvador

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