News

20 February, 2025

New update to the unplanned explosions at munitions sites database

31 January, 2025

New HSBA Briefing Paper on the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

20 January, 2025

New Survey how-to guides on meaningful participation and gender-responsive action plans

20 December, 2024

New Situation Update on civilian firearm possession in Ukraine

6 December, 2024

Annual conference of the Supporting Ukraine in Addressing Small Arms and Light Weapons Proliferation Risks from the Russian War of Aggression project

26 November, 2024

New HSBA Situation Update on the UPDF in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

Projects

Understanding challenges to the ATT universalization and compliance in the Indo-Pacific region

Mapping the Transnational Circulation and Control of Small Arms in Latin America

Contributing to Preventing Arms Proliferation from, within, and to Afghanistan

Fourth Review Conference (RevCon4) of the UN Programme of Action (PoA) on Small Arms and Light Weapons and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI)

Pathway to a Regional C-IED Strategy in West Africa

Supporting Ukraine in addressing the risks of small arms and light weapons proliferation from the Russian war of aggression

Global Databases

Global Firearms Holdings

Global Firearms Holdings

There are more than one billion firearms in the world, the vast majority of which are in civilian hands.

Global Violent Deaths (GVD)

Global Violent Deaths (GVD)

The Small Arms Survey tracks statistics on violent deaths and compiles them in its Global Violent Deaths (GVD) database.

The Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer

The Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer

The Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer assesses the transparency of top and major exporters—states that a

Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS)

Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS)

The Small Arms Survey defines UEMS as the accidental explosion of abandoned, damaged, improperly stored, or properly store

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