Private Security Companies’ Firearms Stockpiles (Research Note 4)

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The private security industry has come under considerable international scrutiny due to the highly publicized role it has played in Afghanistan and Iraq (2011). Attention has mostly focused on questions concerning governmental oversight and these companies’ accountability. Research Note 4: Private Security Companies’ Firearms Stockpiles —based on a forthcoming chapter from the Small Arms Survey 2011 yearbook—examines private security company (PSC) firearm holdings: their scale and variation across settings.

Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment Final Report (Special Report 12)

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A little more than a decade after independence and the violence and displacement that accompanied it, Timor-Leste remains a country in transition. While it has stabilized in the post-independence period, the after-effects of the 2006 crisis continue to play an important role in the political debate and security atmosphere in the country. Communal violence remains at times a feature of life in rural areas, and small arms—left over from the pre-independence period and more recently leaked from defence and police forces—sometimes fuel both gang-related and community violence.

Voicing Concern: Surveying People's Priorities in Violent Settings (Issue Brief 15)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 November, 2020

At the initiative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) will take place in May 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. A central objective of the process is to ‘redefine how the global community delivers for the world’s most vulnerable people’,  living in areas affected by armed conflict and disasters.

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