Our #GPF26 panel event brought together stakeholders from different contexts to discuss how integrating #smallarmscontrol within multisectoral & preventive public health approaches, #armedviolence reduction strategies, & community engagement initiatives can offer more sustainable pathways to #peace.

How can counter-improvised explosive devices (C-IED) responses adapt to evolving threats and increasingly complex environments? Our new Situation Update explores how understanding the threat can inform comprehensive national responses www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/bey...

With roughly 33% of all customs-seized firearms coming from marine vessels, how can international instruments better support mitigation efforts towards arms trafficking by #sea? www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/smu...

Smuggled in Plain Sight: The Gendered Blind Spot in Maritime Small Arms Trafficking

'High-profile port seizures consistently disprove a long-held assumption regarding arms trafficking - demonstrating that the world's most destabilizing volumes of illicit weapons move not across land…

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#GPF26 participants don't forget tomorrow at Geneva Peace Forum to join our panel on multisectoral responses to armed violence and weapons proliferation!

Read more about the Philippines’ ATT ratification story—what changed, who pushed, who resisted, and which arguments finally prevailed—in our blog post by Manon Blancafort and Bianca Pabotoy: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/six...

Sixteen Votes and a Sponsor: How a Collective Effort Advanced the Arms Trade Treaty Process in the Philippines

'On the afternoon of 26 January 2022, the Philippine Senate voted in favour of Resolution №960 - with 16 votes for, none against, and six abstentions. The vote saw the Senate give their formal…

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Join the Survey, CENSS, FPI, @swissfa.bsky.social, & @unidir.org at #GPF26 on 14 October to discuss how small arms control and preventive initiatives can effectively converge and help bridge policy and grassroots reality. Register here: www.genevapeaceforum.ch/en/gpf-2026/... #ChoosePeace

In September, the Small Arms Survey and our long-standing partner, the Center for Security Studies “CENSS”, presented our new joint project in Kyiv to our Local Advisory Committee. The committee is the expert network we built during the previous phase of our work in Ukraine.

Earlier this week at the 15th UN #CrimeCongress, we organised a side event with the support of @interpol.int , WCO, the League of Arab States and the EU that brought together experts and stakeholders to discuss the increasing challenges posed by privately made firearms.

Our new HSBA Briefing Paper traces 3 decades of #US engagement with Sudan and examines how the increasing influence of regional powers and competing external interests has empowered Sudan’s warring generals and made ending the current war more difficult: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/sud...

A gun with no serial number, printed at home or built from a kit. Privately made firearms are reshaping crime and conflict. Join us, @interpol.int and the WCO for a side event during the 15th #UN Crime Congress, 28 September, dedicated to discussion about these weapons.

On 14 October during #GPF26, the Survey, CENSS, FPI, @swissfa.bsky.social, and @unidir.org will discuss how integrating small arms control within public health approaches, armed violence reduction strategies, and community engagement initiatives can offer more sustainable pathways to peace

Last week in Bucharest, as part of EU ISF-funded Project VISTA, we engaged with the ENFSI community about privately made firearms and seizure databases. It was insightful to hear about the latest trends from the expert group and to be reminded that in a world of tech, simple equipment still matters.

At the annual conference of the European Society of Criminology in Warsaw #Eurocrim2026, Survey expert Aline Shaban spoke during the panel Crime and Justice in Wartime Ukraine, presenting our chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume Crime and Justice in Wartime Ukraine.

How many #civilian #firearms are there? In remote, borderland, and peripheral areas, this remains difficult to answer directly. Our Briefing Paper on monitoring civilian firearms in borderlands proposes a framework that responds to this challenge: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/mon...

Our Briefing Paper on MANPADS in Sudan discuss 2 notable regional proliferation trends: continued circulation of illicit MANPADS, including advanced systems, and gradual supplanting of Soviet/Russian systems with Chinese-designed models. Read more here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/ars...

Arsenal Upgrades: MANPADS, the RSF, and the War in Sudan

Despite a 20-year international campaign to combat the threat from illicit man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), acquisition and use of these weapons by non-state armed groups continues,…

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Our blog post on monitoring #illicit #civilian #firearms flows in #Kenya examines an analytical gap in how these dynamics are understood.

Tracking Change: Monitoring Civilian Firearms Circulation in Northern Kenya

'Kenya’s northern borderlands are often seen through a prism of insecurity — cattle raids, intercommunal clashes, political unrest, and threats from external actors. Yet mobility, livelihoods, and…

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'Universalization is a two-way process: we need to continue promoting the ATT with non-states parties while also reflecting on how to ensure that the treaty remains relevant to the interests & needs of these states.' Our #CSP12 statement on universalization: www.smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/sm...

'The Small Arms Survey remains committed to supporting the implementation of Article 7.4, and the gender-related provisions of the final reports from CSP5, 9, 10 and 11.' Watch, or read, more of our statement on #ATT gender-related commitments at #CSP12 here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/sm...

How are we supporting gender mainstreaming at the #ATT? We're supporting the Gender Focal Points 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇹🇬 in promoting women's meaning participation at #CSP12. Our new blog shows how gender is relevant beyond Art. 7.4, in this case to maritime security: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/smu...

Smuggled in Plain Sight: The Gendered Blind Spot in Maritime Small Arms Trafficking

'High-profile port seizures consistently disprove a long-held assumption regarding arms trafficking - demonstrating that the world's most destabilizing volumes of illicit weapons move not across land…

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'From our work in-country, it is clear that many states could benefit from further guidance [on scope and national control lists], as well as on the establishment and strengthening of inter-agency cooperation.' Our #CSP12 statement on #ATT implementation here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/sm...

How is the Small Arms Survey supporting #ATT universalization? Last week in Bangkok with #MAG, we gathered 10 national IHL experts on illicit arms. This week in Geneva, we'll share their insights on how to ensure the ATT's relevance in the #IndoPacific in collaboration with 🇦🇺 #ControlArms & #UNRCPD

The Small Arms Survey is attending and speaking at #CSP12 this week, discussing challenges to and supporting initiatives for #ATT universalization. Watch Survey expert Callum Watson give our opening statement during the first day of the conference here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/ne...

How are we supporting #ATT implementation? 33% of customs-seized firearms come from marine vessels, yet maritime security remains a critical blind spot. Our working paper, focusing on Art. 9 & 11 + co-sponsored by 20 states, explores how to bridge this gap. www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/int...

Integrating Maritime Dimensions to Ensure the Effective Implementation of Articles 9 and 11 of the Arms Trade Treaty

Working paper presented by Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,…

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Ahead of next week’s #CSP12, our new blog post on #maritime arms trafficking proposes that, by extending Article 7(4), the ATT could help close critical gaps in arms control legislation and better support anti-maritime trafficking efforts. Read more here: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/smu...

It took the Philippines 9 years between signature and ratification of the #ATT. With #CSP12 next week, what lessons can other countries in the region learn from this experience? Read more in our new blog post: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/six...

Our Briefing Paper on monitoring civilian firearms in #borderlands offers a practical approach to enable county-level actors to track changes in civilian firearm possession over time, allowing for earlier risk identification and targeted #security responses: www.smallarmssurvey.org/index%2Ephp/...

Monitoring Civilian Firearms in Borderlands: A Framework For Trend Analysis And Estimation

Civilian firearms circulation in borderland and peripheral areas is difficult to monitor and quantify. Existing approaches often struggle to capture how firearms move through informal systems over…

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Another EU-LAS training delivered! Last week Suvery experts led a workshop focused on #weapons, #ammunition, and #stockpile #security and management. Hosted at the Sultan Qaboos Academy for Police Sciences in Nizwa, #Oman, participants included members from the Royal Oman Police and the Armed Forces

A new Reuter's investigation into Sudan’s logistics networks. The Survey supported this work by providing documentary evidence, investigative leads, & analysis developed over months of research into the companies, aircraft, & supply networks sustaining the conflict. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

From 29 June to 3 July 2026, 25 officers and personnel from the Comorian National Police, National Gendarmerie, and Comorian Defence Forces participated in a Survey-led workshop aimed at building stronger capacities for safer weapons and ammunition management in the Comoros.

This paper from our HSBA project examines the history of outsourced violence in the CAR, Chad, Libya, & Sudan. It argues that a durable peace could be possible if the cross-border financing & logistics networks that empower armed groups are constrained. www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/out...

A History of Outsourced Violence: The Rise of the Rapid Support Forces, Libyan National Army, and Wagner Group

In the war against the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces have relied on external backing and regional partnerships that extend well beyond Sudan’s borders. While these relationships…

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