Has the firearms protocol helped reduced armed violence?

Authors

  • Anna Alvazzi del Frate Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Kennis: Knowledge for Safety and Good Governance
  • Emile LeBrun Small Arms Survey and Kennis: Knowledge for Safety and Good Governance
  • Christian Ponti Università degli Studi di Milano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54103/cross-16847

Keywords:

firearms trafficking; transnational organized crime; armed violence; Firearms Protocol; treaty review mechanisms

Abstract

This paper focuses on the long-term objective of the Firearms Protocol supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to reduce certain kinds of armed violence associated with the misuse of firearms. More than 15 years after the Protocol has come into force, the authors ask how its possible impacts on armed violence might be assessed; indicate key challenges for such an enterprise, and suggest directions for future work in this area, towards the establishment of a measurement tool which could help inform the recently established Review Mechanism of the Protocol.

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Published

2021-12-18

How to Cite

Alvazzi del Frate, A., LeBrun, E., & Ponti, C. (2021). Has the firearms protocol helped reduced armed violence?. Rivista Di Studi E Ricerche Sulla Criminalità Organizzata, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.54103/cross-16847

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021): Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata

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