From Data Generation to Policymaking: A Handbook to Profile Small Arms Ammunition in Armed Violence Settings

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7 December 2020
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From Data Generation to Policymaking: A Handbook to Profile Small Arms Ammunition in Armed Violence Settings

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to this virtual launch.

The event will feature an expert panel to present From Data Generation to Policymaking: A Handbook to Profile Small Arms Ammunition in Armed Violence Settings and to discuss opportunities for its application to inform policy and practice to reduce armed violence.

The forthcoming Handbook provides step-by-step guidance for Member States to generate baseline data on illicit small arms ammunition proliferation and misuse and yield standardized results. The profiles constructed will allow users to progressively build an evidence base to inform policy and practice aimed at curbing the illicit flow of ammunition and reduce its impact. This Handbook also offers users with an opportunity to re-think armed violence by re-considering the role of ammunition – one that is central to lethal outcomes and often understudied.

Read the publication here

SPEAKERS:

  • Alfredo Malaret Baldo, Researcher, UNIDIR

  • Lucia Dammert, Associate Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago

  • Óscar Eduardo Escobar García, Mayor, Palmira, Colombia

The discussion will be moderated by Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

WHEN & WHERE:

Monday, 7 December 2020, 17:30-18:30 (CET), Zoom

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PARTICIPANTS:

The event is open to the public.

RSVP:

Please register here

Note that the link to access the webinar will be sent only to registered participants. The event will take place in English. For inquiries, please contact Natalie Briggs (Natalie.briggs@un.org).

 

Watch the launch event below, featuring:

Alfredo Malaret Baldo, Researcher, UNIDIR
Lucia Dammert, Associate Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago
Óscar Eduardo Escobar García, Mayor, Palmira, Colombia
Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.