Asia Pacific

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Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia India Indonesia Laos Malaysia

Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Timor-Leste

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Regional

Fluri, Philipp H. and Martin Malek, eds. 2008. Defence and Security Sector Transition in Central Asia. Vienna and Geneva : DCAF (Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces).

Torjesen, Stina and S. Neil MacFarlane. 2007. 'R Before D: The Case of Post Conflict Reintegration in Tajikistan .' In Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 7, no. 2. UK : Routledge, pp. 311-332.

Wille, Christina. 2007. 'Risks to Security in Central Asia : An Assessment from a Small Arms Perspective.' In Disarmament Forum Central Asia at the Crossroads, pp. 33-44.

LeBrun, Emile and Robert Muggah, eds. 2005. Silencing Guns: Local Perspectives on Small Arms and Armed Violence in Rural Pacific Islands Communities. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

The Count Continues: Stockpiles. Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War (pp. 79-85).

Trouble in Paradise: Small Arms in the Pacific. Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk (pp. 277-307).

Moser-Puangsuwan, Yeshua and Robert Muggah, eds. 2003. Whose Security Counts? Participatory Research on Armed Violence and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia. Small Arms Survey & Nonviolence International.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford. 2003. Small Arms in the Pacific. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Banerjee, Dipankar and Robert Muggah. 2002. Small Arms and Human Insecurity: Reviewing Participatory Research in South Asia. Small Arms Survey & Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.

Red Flags and Buicks: Global Firearms Stockpiles. Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost (pp. 97-102).

Kramer, Katherine. 2001. Legal Controls on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Southeast Asia. Small Arms Survey & Nonviolence International Southeast Asia.

Tackling the Small Arms Problem: Multilateral Measures and Initiatives. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 267-268).

Crime, Conflict, Corruption: Global Illicit Small Arms Transfers. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 180-184).

Small Arms, Big Business: Products and Producers. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 42-45, 46-47).

Afghanistan

Dahl Thruelsen, Peter. 2006. From Soldier to Civilian: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration in Afghanistan. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies. DIIS Report 2006:7.

Conetta, Carl. 2004. Disappearing the Dead: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Idea of "New Warfare". Cambridge, MA: Commonwealth Institute Project on Defense Alternatives Research. Monograph No. 9.

International Crisis Group. 2003. Disarmament and Reintegration in Afghanistan. Asia Report, No. 65.

Conetta, Carl. 2002. Strange Victory: A Critical Appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan War. Cambridge, MA: Commonwealth Institute Project on Defense Alternatives Research. Monograph No. 6.

Australia

Australian Institute of Criminology. 1999. Firearm-related Violence: The Impact of the Nation-wide Agreement on Firearms. Trends and Issues, No. 116. Canberra.

Bangladesh

Benton, Nic and Peter Cross. 2006. Challenges to peace and security: Consulting communities on small arms in Bangladesh. National Forum Against Small Arms, South-Asia Partnership Bangladesh , and Saferworld. December.

Banerjee, Dipankar and Robert Muggah. 2002. Small Arms and Human Insecurity: Reviewing Participatory Research in South Asia. Small Arms Survey & Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.

Brunei

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

Cambodia

SEESAC (South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons). 2006. Evaluation of the EU Small Arms and Light Weapons Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia. Belgrade: SEESAC.

Wille, Christina. 2006. Finding the Evidence: The Links Between Weapon Collection Programmes, Gun Use and Homicide Rates in Cambodia. African Security Review, Vol. 15, No. 2.

Wille, Christina. 2006. How Many Weapons Are There in Cambodia? Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Wille, Christina. 2006. Finding The Evidence: The Links Between Weapon Collection Programmes, Gun Use And Homicide Rates In Cambodia. African Security Review . Vol. 15, No. 2. Institute for Secuity Studies.

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Stabilizing Cambodia: Small Arms Control and Security Sector Reform. Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business (pp. 119-139).

Tresa. 2005. Case Study Cambodia: Voluntary Weapons Collection from the Civilian Population.

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

de Beer, David. 2005. Small Arms Control in Cambodia. Lessons Learnt from the EU ASAC Programme. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).

Muggah, Robert. 2005. Listening for a Change: Participatory Evaluations of DDR and Arms Reduction Schemes in Mali, Albania and Cambodia. Geneva: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.

Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2003. Cambodian Peace and Disarmament Education Project. Baseline Survey Report. Phnom Penh: WGWR.

Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2003. Special Report on "Gun Violence Watch." Phnom Penh: WGWR.

Moser-Puangsuwan, Yeshua and Robert Muggah, eds. 2003. Whose Security Counts? Participatory Research on Armed Violence and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia. Small Arms Survey & Nonviolence International.

Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2002. NGO Report on the 2001 Cambodian Demobilization Program: Observations and Recommendations. Phnom Penh: WGWR.

Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2002. Report on Small Arms and Light Weapons Research in Siem Reap Province. Phnom Penh: WGWR.

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Quaker United Nations Office, Quaker International Affairs, Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2002. Curbing the Demand for Small Arms, Focus on Southeast Asia. Summary Report from the Workshop held 26 - 31 May in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Geneva: CHD.

Sam Oen, Yem, and Rebecca F. Catalla. 2001. "I Live in Fear" - Consequences of Small Arms and Light Weapons on Women and Children in Cambodia. Research series on SALW issues in Cambodia, No. 2. Phnom Penh: WGWR.

National Commission for Weapons Reform and Management and Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2000. Report on the National Workshop on Small Arms in Cambodia. Phnom Penh.

Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 1999. Public Opinion Survey on the Weapons Confiscation Program of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Phnom Penh: WGWR.

Wang, Jianwei. 1996. Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Project: Managing Arms in Peace Processes: Cambodia. UNIDIR Research Report No. 17/96. New York: United Nations.

India

Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI). 2005. Control Arms India Update. Monthly Newsletter, No. 1.

Nepram, Binalakshmi and Mandy Turner. 2004. Armed Violence and Poverty in Northeast India. Centre for International Cooperation and Security, University of Bradford.

Banerjee, Dipankar and Robert Muggah. 2002. Small Arms and Human Insecurity: Reviewing Participatory Research in South Asia. Small Arms Survey & Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.

Indonesia

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Quaker United Nations Office, Quaker International Affairs, Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2006. Curbing the Demand for Small Arms, Focus on Southeast Asia. Summary Report from the Workshop held 26 - 31 May in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Geneva: CHD.

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

Moser-Puangsuwan, Yeshua and Robert Muggah, eds. 2003. Whose Security Counts? Participatory Research on Armed Violence and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia. Small Arms Survey & Nonviolence International.

Laos

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

Malaysia

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

Myanmar

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

Nepal

Comparative Analysis on the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Programs Existing in the World during 2006. 2007. Bellaterra: School for a Culture of Peace (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Case studies on Nepal, Niger, and Uganda.

Buxton, Julia, Jeremy Ginifer, Owen Greene, and Robert Muggah. 2006. Options for Arms Management and DDR in Nepal: Lessons from Past Experience. Report for DFID Nepal. Bradford: Centre for International Co-operation and Security, University of Bradford. July.

Seddon, David. 2005. Armed Violence and Poverty in Nepal. Centre for International Cooperation and Security, University of Bradford.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and Integrated Regional Information Networks. 2005. Nepal: Small Arms Proliferation at Large. Mahadiyama: UNOCHA.

Pakistan

Banerjee, Dipankar and Robert Muggah. 2002. Small Arms and Human Insecurity: Reviewing Participatory Research in South Asia. Small Arms Survey & Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.

Papua New Guinea

Jumping the Gun: Armed Violence in Papua New Guinea. Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business (pp. 165-187).

Haley, Nicole and Robert Muggah. 2006. 'Jumping the Gun? Reflections on Armed Violence in Papua New Guinea '. African Security Review . Vol. 15, No. 2. Institute for Secuity Studies.

Alpers, Philip. 2005. Gun-running in Papua New Guinea: From Arrows to Assault Weapons in the Southern Highlands. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

2005. Armed and Dangerous: the Crisis in Papua New Guinea. Australian Financial Review. 2 April.

LeBrun, Emile and Robert Muggah, eds. 2005. Silencing Guns: Local Perspectives on Small Arms and Armed Violence in Rural Pacific Islands Communities. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Muggah, Robert. Diagnosing Demand: Assessing the Motivations and Means for Firearms Acquisition in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. 2004. Discussion Paper 2004/7, Australian National University.

Philippines

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Quaker United Nations Office, Quaker International Affairs, Working Group for Weapons Reduction in Cambodia. 2006. Curbing the Demand for Small Arms, Focus on Southeast Asia. Summary Report from the Workshop held 26 - 31 May in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Geneva: CHD.

Legaspi, Edgardo P. 2005. Eastasia: Inaction on Arms - Assessing Regional Compliance to the UN PoA on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Southeast Asia Forum on Armed Violence.

Moser-Puangsuwan, Yeshua and Robert Muggah, eds. 2003. Whose Security Counts? Participatory Research on Armed Violence and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia. Small Arms Survey & Nonviolence International.

Solomon Islands

Maclellan, Nic. 2006. Bridging the gap between state and society: New directions for the Solomon Islands. Oxfam. July.

LeBrun, Emile and Robert Muggah, eds. 2005. Silencing Guns: Local Perspectives on Small Arms and Armed Violence in Rural Pacific Islands Communities. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Muggah, Robert and Carol Nelson. 2004. Solomon Islands: Evaluating the Weapons Free Village Campaign. Geneva: Small Arms Survey. Draft Paper.

Muggah, Robert. Diagnosing Demand: Assessing the Motivations and Means for Firearms Acquisition in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. 2004. Discussion Paper 2004/7, Australian National University.

Sri Lanka

Foster, Yolanda and Hashitha Abeywardana. 2006. Small arms and light weapons: Challenges in Sri Lanka and options for the future. South Asia Small Arms Network Sri Lanka and Saferworld. May.

National Commission Against the Proliferation of Small Arms in Sri Lanka (NCAPISA). 2006. Illegal small arms and light weaponspilot survey Hambantota. London and Colombo . Saferworld and NCAPISA. June.

South Asia Small Arms Network (Sri Lanka) and Saferworld (United Kingdom). 2005. Small Arms and Light Weapons Challenges in Sri Lanka and Options for the Way Forward: A Civil Society Process to Support the Establishment of the National Commission Against Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Aspects (NCAPISA).

Alison, Miranda. 2004. Armed Violence and Poverty in Sri Lanka. Centre for International Cooperation and Security, University of Bradford.

Smith, Chris. 2003. In the Shadow of a Cease-fire: The Impacts of Small Arms Availability and Misuse in Sri Lanka. Geneva. Small Arms Survey.

Banerjee, Dipankar and Robert Muggah. 2002. Small Arms and Human Insecurity: Reviewing Participatory Research in South Asia. Small Arms Survey & Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.

Thailand

Tanakornsombut, Tassanee, et al. 2005. Firearm Policy and Practice in Thai Society: Missing the Target. A Media Survey of the Impact of Firearms on Thai Society. Bangkok: Reduction of Armed Violence Project.

Moser-Puangsuwan, Yeshua and Robert Muggah, eds. 2003. Whose Security Counts? Participatory Research on Armed Violence and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia. Small Arms Survey & Nonviolence International.

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA). 2009. After the guns fall silent: sexual and gender-based violence in Timor-Leste. TLAVA Issue Brief No. 5. Dili: Austcare and Small Arms Survey.

Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA). 2009. Tracking violence in Timor-Leste: A sample of emergency room data, 2006-08. TLAVA Issue Brief No. 4. Dili: Austcare and Small Arms Survey.

Parker, Sarah. 2009. Handle with Care: Private Security Companies in Timor-Leste. East Timor Law Journal

Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA). 2009. Electoral violence in Timor-Leste: mapping incidents and responses. TLAVA Issue Brief No. 3. Dili: Austcare and Small Arms Survey.

Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA). 2009. Groups, gangs, and armed violence in Timor-Leste. TLAVA Issue Brief No. 2. Dili: Austcare and Small Arms Survey.

Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA). 2008. Dealing with the kilat: An historical overview of small arms availability and arms control in Timor-Leste. TLAVA Issue Brief No. 1. Dili: Austcare and Small Arms Survey.

Parker, Sarah. 2008. Commentary on the Draft Arms Law in Timor-Leste. East Timor Law Journal