Arms Trade Treaty Youth Action Pack

This pack has been developed by a group of young AI activists

from around the world

The team has met over a number of months to consider and

develop ways that young people can be part of calling for an

Arms Trade Treaty They want to make the ATT appealing acces-

sible and interesting to invite young people around the world to

join the call

They have worked with young people in their countries their

AI Sections or structures and the International Secretariat ATT

Campaigns team

These young people include (by alphabetical order) Ana Fer-

reira (AI Portugal) Ana Mariacutea Watson (AI Peru) Eleanor Parkes

(AI New Zealand) Elisabeth Beckmann (AI Germany) Marga-

ret Taylor (AI New Zealand) Natalia Olchawa (AI Poland) Sara

Sutherland (International Secretariat) Seora Song (South Korean

Youth Network)

The group ndash the ATT Global Youth Campaign Team - hopes

that you find this information helpful and looks forward to hear-

ing about your activities If you have any feedback please email

youthamnestyorg (att ATT Global Youth Campaign Team)

amnestyorg

Developed by ATT Global Youth Campaign Team

June 2012

Cover and design by Rui Neves

Main ilustrations by Nuno Borges

lsquoThe story of Ragihar Manoharanrsquo ilustrations by Joatildeo Rodrigues

All rights reserved No part of this publication may be repro-

duced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or

by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording

or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers

1 The story of a gun Kalashnikov shows us how poor international regulations of arms trade can be deadlyhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5x65iozNF6gamplist=PL762A78308CDE9411ampindex=3ampfeature=plcp

2 An interactive video in video game format that shows how the Arms Trading is no video game httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=66aITTa8ARMamplist=PL762A78308CDE9411ampindex=4ampfeature=plcp

3 A fun spoof video in which you are ldquoenlight-enedrdquo on the advantages of becoming an arms trader Get real arms trading is not fun it is deadlyhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=QCc7zrR42Kcamplist=PL762

A78308CDE9411ampindex=7ampfeature=plcp

4 An animated video that shows how different a

childrensrsquo life becomes once theyrsquore obliged to get

involved in wars of adults making as child soldiers

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=UKw9VXT2m6oamplist=PL762A

78308CDE9411ampindex=8ampfeature=plcp

Look at these videosBefore getting into this Action Pack you might want to take a look at these inspirational videos to get you started on this amazing adventure that is about to begin These fantastic videos were made by the Zuumlrich Art School

A NEW COMPLETELY YOUTH-ORIENTED AI ATT VIDEO IS BEING PRODUCED AS WE SPEAK STAY TUNED AND YOUrsquoLL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN IT IS LAUNCHED

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THE STORY SO FAR 2

THE STORY OF RAGIHAR MANOHARAN 5

HOW WOULD THE ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) MAKE THINGS DIFFERENT FOR RAGIHAR 7

KILLER FACTS 10

TIME FOR ACTION ldquoTHE CLOCK IS TICKING HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVErdquo 13

HOW DO I EXPLAIN THE ARMS TRADE TREATY TO OTHERS 17

PETITION OUR VOICE FOR A BULLETPROOF ARMS TRADE TREATY 21

How to use this information You may find the fol-

lowing information helpful to organize activities

and involve other young people and friends in the

campaign calling for an Arms Trade Treaty

1

What can you find in this

action pack

We WAnT To puT An enD To ATroCiTies AnD Abuses Like The ones DesCribeD Above AnD prevenT Them from hAppeninG To oThers

3

1 The story so farHalf a million people die every year as a

result of armed violence armed conflict and human rights violations using conventional arms The irresponsible trade in weapons has a devastating impact on young people all over the world Millions are injured brutally repressed raped or forced to flee from their homes - many of these are young people1

For example live ammunition and teargas were used by the riot police and security forces against young protesters in countries like Bahrain Egypt and Yemen during the lsquoArab Springrsquo in 2011 Many young people were injured and others died trying to make their voices heard Many continue to face these dangers today

According to the UN Secretary General in 2011 there were at least 14 countries in armed conflict where children were killed injured or used for example to commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against other children2

Did you know bull Women and girls are often the forgotten victims of armed conflict bull Weapons are used by fighters for rape

other forms of sexual violence or sexual slav-ery3

bull At least 60 per cent of human rights violations documented by Amnesty Inter-national have involved small arms and light weapons4

Reporting on far too many human rights violations like the ones above drove Amnesty International and other organizations to be-gin campaigning for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in the 1990s5

Since then there have been two big victo-ries

bull In 2006 the UN started a consultation with member states and interested parties about the possibility of having an Arms Trade Treaty

bull In 2009 the UN General Assembly agreed to negotiate an ATT6

buT This is noT The enD of The JourneY ToWArDs A sAfer WorLD

In July 2012 world leaders will meet at the UN in New York to draw up an historic document the first ever international ATT to help better regulate the arms trade

But there are some worrying obstacles to overcome

bull some states do not want the ATT to in-clude those weapons munitions and other equipment that are used against their own citizens7

bull some countries do not want strong hu-man rights rules that would stop an arms transfer from contributing to violations and abuses

This meAns ThAT We neeD Your voiCe To puT pressure on The WorLDrsquos GovernmenTs To sup-porT An effeCTive ATT WhiCh proTeCTs humAn riGhTs

2

A child collects bullets from the ground in Rounyn a village

located about 15 km north of Shangil Tobaya North Darfur 27

March 2011

Most of the population in Rounyn recently fled to camps for

displaced people due to the clashes between the Government

and the armed movements

4

Here is Ragihar Manoharanrsquos story8

On 2 January 2006 Ragihar Manoharan was with friends on Trincomaleersquos seafront (Sri Lan-ka) As the five Tamil students were hanging out someone in a passing auto-rickshaw threw a grenade which injured them

A short time later 10 to 15 uni-formed officers arrived believed to be police from the Special Task Force They put the injured students into their jeep and beat them with rifle butts before push-ing them out onto the road

According to witnesses af-ter that came the gunshot sound And silence Ragi-har and his four friends were shot dead Ragihar was 20 years old

An investigation was opened but the re-port has never been published No one has been brought to justice for the murder of Ragihar and his friends

In 2009 Sri Lanka emerged from almost 30 years of violent armed conflict between the government and the armed group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam This conflict was fed by arms coming from China Czech Republic Israel Pakistan Rus-

sian Federation Ukraine and USA Despite serious human rights violations committed again and again by both parties foreign gov-ernments continued to allow the supply of weaponry munitions and other equipment to Sri Lanka These same weapons were re-

sponsible for the deaths of young people like Ragihar9

5

2 The story of ragihar manoharan

7

What can you do to help save lives That depends on how much time you

havehellip keep reading for more information about the Arms Trade Treaty and to see what you can do

Go to our Facebook page http wwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-con-trol263639727068256

6

3 how would the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) make a difference

What is the ATT

The ATT so far does not exist If the text is agreed in July 2012 at the UN in the final nego-tiations the ATT will be an international binding agreement between States that establishes global standards on how countries import export and transfer conventional weapons

What would the ideal Arms Trade Treaty look like10

1 Amnesty International believes that there is one very important rule that could change the course of stories like Ragiharrsquos the GOLDEN RULE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The GoLDen ruLe requires all States under the Treaty to conduct rigorous case-by-case assessments of all proposed imports ex-ports and international transfers of conven-tional arms and establish in law a Golden Rule to prevent those transfers where the arms would pose a substantial risk of being used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international human rights law (IHRL) or international humanitarian law (IHL ie war crimes)

in oTher WorDs If there is a big enough risk that arms exported to an-other country will contribute to serious human rights abuses those arms supplies must be stopped no more arms for atrocities or abuses

A serious human rights law violation is not all human rights violations Indeed all human rights violations are unlawful and ought not to be committed but for the purposes of this Treaty we can only stop the trans-fer of arms when facing violations that are by nature especially harmful or that violate human rights in a particularly grave persistent or pervasive manner through the use of arms11

Note There are states that want to make the lan-guage of the treaty weaker If this happens the Treaty will not be effective as states supplying those committing human rights vio-lations would have no legal obligation to stop those transfers

Convinced already Want to takeaction noW

We Do noT WAnT

AnY ATT We WAnT

The ATT ThAT Gives peopLe ArounD The

WorLD humAn riGhTs proTeCTion

8 99

2 An ATT WiLL Cover A WiDe rAnGe of Arms AnD TrADe siTuATions - A ldquoComprehensive sCoperdquo

We want to ensure that the scope of the Treaty requires the strict regulation of all types of conventional arms (weapons mu-nitions armaments and related equipment that could be used for lethal force in mili-tary and internal security operations plus the parts components and technologies to make these

It should also include all types of interna-tional trade and transfers in conventional arms (exports imports re-exports transits transshipments temporary imports govern-ment to government transfers gifts sales loans leases) and the essential services to complete the transaction (brokering trans-port finance)

in oTher WorDs The ATT will need to cover all ldquoconventional weaponsrdquo which means small arms and light weapons (like guns and pistols) plus bigger weapons like rockets shells bombs missiles etc We also want the ATT to include military arms the components that go in the arms and other law enforcement equipment We be-lieve the ATT should also cover any type of trade or transaction (whether it includes money or not) Arms used for internal security can also be dangerous if used with excessive force against for example pro-testors as we have seen across the middle east and north Africa

To be effective and really save lives a treaty needs to be strong and cover all aspects of the trade in arms ndash from import and export to how arms are transported and right down to how the individual parts are used to manufacture weapons are traded

A poorly regulated arms trade affects the lives of all of us no-matter where in the world we are This is Your ChAnCe To ChAnGe The WorLD

3 An ATT WiLL be puT inTo prACTiCe in A WAY ThAT proTeCTs humAn riGhTs

We want to guarantee that (a) all transfers are subjected to prior risk

assessment and authorization from the rel-evant States involved

(b) all actors involved in such transfers and the transactions necessary to carry out those transfers should be registered as operators only after careful scrutiny of the risks of their involvement

(c) record keeping on such transfers and transactions should be comprehensive in-volving both the State authorities and the private actors carrying out the transfers and records should kept for 20 years

(d) official reports on all transfers and au-thorizations should be published annually

(e) States Parties should meet annually to discuss reports

(f) Treaty review conferences should be held every five years

in oTher WorDsStates that sign and ratify the ATT (meaning that they accept to apply the Treaty in their territories) would HAVE TObull analyse in detail each individual proposal for the trade of arms - import export or international trans-ferbull include in their national laws an obligation to HALT such transfers when the arms are likely to be used for atrocities and abuses or gender-based violencebull International Human Rights Law includes the Eco-nomic Social and Cultural Rights which means that if the use of arms affects the development of these countries no arms can be transferred

43 m ll onpeople

in 2010

Women and girls are repeatedly raped in conflict zones many times with the use of weapons

At least 55 armed groups and government forces use children as soldiers or extra troops engaging them in wars of adults making

of human rights violations documented by Amnesty international have involved small arms and light weapons

one person dies every minute as a result of armed violence

it already happened in the Democratic republic of Congo Cote drsquoivore and sierra Leone

worldwide were forced to leave their homes as a result of armed conflict and persecution This included 275 million people internally displaced within their own country

Damage caused by weaponsdestroys peoplersquos access to food water and shelter pushing many into povertyChildren are especiallyvulnerable

There are enough bullets in the world to kill every living personhellip twice

die every year as a result of armed violence millions more are injured brutally repressed raped or forced to flee from their homes because of armed conflict armed violence and human rights violations using conventional arms

10

A sTronG Arms TrADe TreATY CouLD sAve hunDreDs of ThousAnDs of Lives everY YeAr

FIND OUT MORE See our Facebook page for more facts httpwwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-control263639727068256

4 killer facts

11

12

13

15

14

16

18

17

19

20

at least

12

The clock is ticking how much time do you haveEvery minute a person is killed by armed violence21It takes only one minute to kill young people like you and meHow much time does it take for you to do something about itThese are some of the things you can do to change this reality right now

WhAT You CAn Do in Less ThAn A minuTeSign the petition here httpamnestyorg

encampaignscontrol-arms to demand a bul-letproof arms treaty and share it with your friends

WhAT You CAn Do in A minuTeShare this video on twitter or Facebook

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Tc5329kuhaU

Like and share our facebook page HANDS UP FOR ARMS CONTROL (httpwwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-control263639727068256ref=ts)

WhAT You CAn Do in Less ThAn 2 minuTesWatch this video httpwwwyoutubecomwat

chv=0vlo46oeOsUampfeature=related and share it with your friends on twitter or facebook

Visit our Facebook page HANDS UP FOR ARMS CONTROL (httpwwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-control263639727068256ref=ts) for competitions quizzes and to find out more about how the irresponsible transfer of weap-ons affects young people like you in all parts of the world

WhAT CAn You Do if You hAve A biT more Time To be CreATive

bull Find your local Amnesty International website on wwwamnestyorg Just select the country you are and contact them to find out how they can help you hold your own event Your local Amnesty office will have lots of materials they can share with you to help you collect signatures

bull Share what you have done on our fa-cebook page HANDS UP FOR ARMS CONTROL (httpwwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-control263639727068256ref=ts) - BECOME PART OF THE GLOBAL YOUTH GANG DEMANDING THE WORLDrsquoS GOVERNMENTS TO PUT A STOP TO IRRE-SPONSIBLE ARMS TRADE

bull ORGANISE YOUR OWN EVENT so more people see and make the call ldquono arms for atroci-tiesrdquo ndash check our tips on how to do it just by flipping this page

13

5 Time for action

Tips on how to organise your own event TOP TIP SPEAK WITH YOUR AI SECTION ABOUT EVENTS ORGANIZATION

our GoAL We want to show UN delegates and decision-makers that youth worldwide demand a strong

Arms Trade Treaty The best way we can ensure that we are heard is by collecting as many signatures as possible and the best way to do that is by getting our message to as many peo-ple as possible by organising an event

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WHEN ORGANIZING AN EVENT

WhAT What are you planning on doing ALWAYS

check with the Amnesty International Office in your country to find out if they are plan-ning any events or to get materials for your event they will be happy to help you

Try to come up with fun and interesting ways for you to explain to others the need for an Arms Trade Treaty Maybe it could be about how easily they are bought and sold compared to things like bananas stamps and dinosaur bones

You can find the email address to your local Amnesty office on the Amnestyorg website You can look on our youth Face-book page HANDS UP FOR ARMS CONTROL (httpwwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-control263639727068256ref=ts) to find your section and get inspiration for your event

HERE ARE SOME IDEASbull Hold a film night ndash there are movies avail-

able ask your section for more information Here are some popular films that show the effects of irresponsible arms transfers and how they facilitate human rights abuses ndash Sin Nombre Blood Diamond Hotel Rwanda Arms for the Poor and Pray the Devil Back to Hell Check that they are suitable for your audience before you show them

bull Spoof be an ldquoarms dealerrdquo at a local market stall (donrsquot forget paper petitions for people to sign)

bull Hold a stall in your schooluniversitycommunity space (remember to collect also names of people that want to be involved fur-ther)

bull Create a flash mob and have people fall-ing to the ground simultaneously but donrsquot forget to have someone around to explain what it was about ndash and to organize for some-one to film or photograph the flash mob

TIP remember you donrsquot need to organize a huge

public event perhaps you are going to a party or at-tending a workshop or playing a sports game during the week of action you can take along the petition and ask people to sign it and take a photograph of the group

Where Where do many people pass hang out

have a moment to look at the petition and are in the right lsquomoodrsquo to sign your petition in your community Consider where people go to wait for others (eg public landmark meet-ing spots) to relax (eg community square park etc) to hang outhellip where in your com-munity do people have the time to listen amp sign Maximize your chances of more people signing your petition within a short period of your time

OK so you know what you want to do you now need to think about where yoursquore going to hold the event Make sure the place you are holding the event is inviting and easily

14 15

accessible especially by public transport - for your friends who will help you to organize the activity

Make sure the space is suitable for what you are planning to do If itrsquos outside what will you do if it rains Can you move to anoth-er place easily Donrsquot forget to get permis-sion to use that space Think about things like insurance issues or any notifications that you need to compile with

Who Think about lsquowhorsquo in three ways 1 People that will help you to organize and

can volunteer to do this (your friends some-one you know who can take photos people to help you promote and invite others)

2 People that will be the people who you will ask to sign the petition or take part in your event (What or why will they do this How will they do this Where is it that they are most likely to do this)

3 People you need to tell about your ac-tivity or event before it happens ndash such as your Amnesty International local authorities school or university facilitieshellip etc al

Who do you want to come to your event Thinking about who the activity will appeal too and who will help you make your dream for it happen helps you to think about what the event will look like what time and what promotional materials you need

Think big and think creative ndash but remem-ber a small lsquoactivityrsquo can make a big differ-ence ndash make sure the idea isnrsquot so big that you canrsquot do it Donrsquot forget to ask your friends for help and invite other groups from your schooluniversity to joinndash ask everyone you know to bring along one person and

pretty soon yoursquoll have a crowd Once you know who you want to come to

your event the next step is to think about where they will find out about it Where can you advertise the event On your Lo-cal Newspaper On Facebook or Twitter On noticeboards at school University or on community boards You may like to tell them about it by putting up your posters and handing out flyers You can make your own or speak to your local Amnesty office to see if you can order any Or by sending messages emails posts or other ways that your target lsquowhorsquo (your potential audience) uses to com-municate

Make sure you include where yoursquore hold-ing the event and at what time Otherwise it could be a very lonely activity And Donrsquot forget to include your key campaign action ask (eg sign the petition) in all of your pro-motional material for your event

PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU ARE APPROACHING MEDIA YOU NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM AI IN YOUR COUN-TRY

When Hold your event from now until the Glob-

al Week of Action which starts on the10th June 2012 There isnrsquot much time but you can do it Join youth across the world and share all the pictures from your event on the youth Facebook page HANDS UP FOR ARMS CONTROL (httpwwwfacebookcompagesHands-up-for-arms-control263639727068256ref=ts)

16 17

So yoursquove decided that we need to demand that the worldrsquos governments support an Arms Trade Treaty with strong human rights protection if we are going to really make a difference to peoplersquos lives But the thought of talking about global treaties and these other complex issues is a bit scary and yoursquoll find the right words to do it Donrsquot worry Wersquove written some tips about how to talk to friends families and strangers about the Arms Trade Treaty

1 starting a conversation

Ask open QuesTions like ldquowhere do you think the tanks guns and shells that are being used in Syria come fromrdquo When you ask a question like that it normally helps to start a conversation

Try and avoid closed questions like ldquodo you know about the Arms Trade Treatyrdquo This is because when faced with closed questions many people respond with ldquoyesrdquo or ldquonordquo and it can be very hard to start a conversation

use reAL sTories using news stories and real footage as examples to back up your points is more convincing

be frienDLY People quickly decide on how they will react to you so if you approach peo-ple with a smile and a positive attitude yoursquore more likely to get the same back even if they donrsquot sign the petition they will be friendly to you

WHATrsquoS OUR STORY ndash HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO TALK ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN

2 explain the tragic human cost of

Use the statistics provided above Eg Every minute one person dies from armed violence22 Please take one minute to help stop this today

3 Convey strong messages

bull [Today] World leaders can stop massive human suffering fuelled by the global arms trade

bull Millions of lives are shattered every year because there are no effective global rules on the arms trade

bull Amnesty International wants an effective global Arms Trade Treaty with strong rules to save lives and protect human rights

bull This is an historic moment for us to do something

Stress that the time is NOW There has never been a more important moment for this issue and we can all be part of making history Amnesty International and other groups have been working on an Arms Trade Treaty since the 1990rsquos23 We need to keep pressure on governments right up until the final negotiations in July This really is our one chance to ensure that we get a Treaty with strong human rights protections Without these the violence will continue

6 how do i explain the Arms Trade Treaty to others

the weapons trade

16

18 19

5 And of course get them to sign

Want to collect signatures Cut out the pe-tition sheet below and use it at your event whether itrsquos a small film night with your friends and family or a stall at school every signature matters But make sure that they are passed onto your local Amnesty Office otherwise they wonrsquot count So contact them before your event to arrange how they will collect them from you because in July all those names will be passed onto to Ban Ki-moon the Secretary General of the United

Nations You will find the example petition text for

you to use on the next page You can simply cut it out and start collecting your petitions You can also find other innovative petitions like the AI Australia banana petition stress-ing that there are international regulations for the trade of many things like bananas but not to arms If you want to use them you can just ask us and wersquoll get back on you with that

the petition

A Palestinian child stands in the crater of an F-16 bomb in Gaza January 2009

our posiTion - GoLDen ruLe AT The heArT of The ATT ldquoStates shall not authorize interna-tional transfers of conventional arms where there is a substantial risk the arms will be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international human rights law or interna-tional humanitarian lawrdquo

our posiTion - ALL inCLusive sCope An Arms Trade Treaty must cover all weapon types (small arms light weapons craft systems ammunition) all trade transfer and other transactions and services facilitating trade and transfer

our posiTion ndash ATT neeDs To be enforCeD AnD GovernmenTs heLD To ACCounT There must be robust national control reporting and peer review mechanisms Trade must be forbid-den if it contravenes the Golden Rule and it must be consistent with Statesrsquo legal obliga-tions and other responsibilities

WhAT You CouLD sAY A strong treaty means that countries will have to consider the im-pact the weapons they export or import or that pass through their territory may have and ho w they might be used and stop any weapons transfers that are likely to be used to fuel atrocities and abuses

WhAT You CouLD sAY To prevent the sort of armed violence we have seen in places like Syria Libya Uganda24 as well as other trou-ble spots the global Arms Trade Treaty must include all weapons bullets small arms missiles aircraft and even tracking systems We want to see all types of weapons transfers covered including sales transfers and dona-tions

WhAT You CouLD sAY Like any treaty govern-

ments need to uphold an Arms Trade Treaty if it is going to have an impact Countries need to be accountable to each other as well as being able to review each otherrsquos activities when it comes to weapons transfers

The top ten arms exporters in 2009 and 2010 in order of value (in US$) were the USA the Russian Federation France the UK Israel Italy Germany China Sweden and Spain

4 herersquos how you can talk about what Amnesty internationalrsquos wants for the

YOU CAN ADD IN DETAILS FROM THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONS ABOVE

Arms Trade Treaty

2020 21

no Arms for ATroCiTies - Time for A buLLeT-proof Arms TrADe TreATY

The irresponsible and poorly regulated global trade in arms is fuelling serious human rights abuses armed violence poverty and conflict around the world

Millions of people are killed injured raped repressed and forced to flee their homes every year as a result Health education and other services are being denied and livelihoods de-stroyed

The world needs an effective Arms Trade Treaty that prevents arms transfers when they are likely to contribute directly to serious human rights abuses or poverty The Treaty must cover all conventional arms including ammunition

un member sTATes WiLL neGoTiATe The TreATY in JuLY 2012 noW is The Time for ACTion

Call on your government to secure an Arms Trade Treaty that prevents arms from fuelling such atrocities and abuses and protects lives and livelihoods

nAme CounTrY siGnATure

Add your voice for a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty

22 23

2) 200000 indirect deaths per year from armed conflict gt

According to the Geneva Declaration ldquo[t]he lethal burden of

armed conflict in 2004ndash07 was many times greater than the

number of direct conflict deaths A reasonable average estimate

would be a ratio of four indirect deaths to one direct death in

contemporary conflicts which would represent at least 200000

indirect conflict deaths per year and possibly many morerdquo For

the Geneva Declaration ldquo[i]ndirect deaths refer to those deaths

beyond the number of people killed in battle or combat In the

short term indirect victims of armed conflict die from a variety

of specific causes usually from easily preventable diseases

such as dysentery or measles or from hunger and malnutrition

These deaths are a result of the loss of access to basic health

care adequate food and shelter clean water or other necessi-

ties of liferdquo See chapter two of the Geneva Declarationrsquos 2008

Global Burden of Armed Violence httpwwwgenevadeclaration

orgfileadmindocsGlobal-Burden-of-Armed-Violence-full-

reportpdf

3) 54601 deaths during one sided armed violence gt During

the period between 1989 and 2010 one-sided armed violence

by the government armed forces and by formally organized

armed groups excluding armed violence by informal armed

criminal gangs and armed individuals was perpetrated against

civilians in 74 countries resulting in between 699837 and

1201224 deaths according to estimates by the Uppsala Con-

flict Data Program This is an average of 54601 deaths a year

using the high estimate of 1201224 deaths in non-conflict

situations This excludes deaths from armed violence perpe-

trated by informal criminal gangs and by armed individuals

One-sided violence is the use of armed force by the government

of a state or by a formally organized group against civilians

which results in at least 25 deaths Extrajudicial killings in

custody are excluded UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset Date

of retrieval 20120222 Version 13 2011 63356 UCDP One-

sided Violence Codebook Date of retrieval 20120222 Version

13 September 4 2008 by Joakim Kreutz 55080

4) It is estimated that 42 per cent of global homicides are

actually committed by individuals and criminal gangs using

firearms according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNO-

DC) This is based on statistical returns from 108 countries (es-

timated to cover just over 50 per cent of the worldrsquos homicides)

Thus it is suggested by the UN that around 199000 homicides

of the estimated total of 468000 homicides were committed

using a firearm in 2010 UNODC defines homicide as ldquothose

acts in which the perpetrator intended to cause death or serious

injury by his or her actions This excludes deaths related to

conflicts deaths caused when the perpetrator was reckless or

negligent as well as killings that are usually considered justifi-

able according to penal law such as those by law enforcement

agents in the line of duty or in self-defence According to the

definition adopted in this study intentional homicide is thus

lsquounlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another

personrsquordquo Global Study on Homicide 2011 UN Office for Drugs

and Crime p15 Calculations from UNODC homicide statistics

based on 108 countries (covering just over 50 per cent of the

worldrsquos homicides) suggest that around 199000 homicides of

the estimated 468000 total homicides were committed in 2010

by firearms representing a share of 42 per cent This is based

on country data related to 2010 or latest available year this

estimate based largely on criminal justice data falls within

the range of 196000 to 229000 previously estimated and

published as the global burden of non-conflict-related firearm

mortality from WHO public health sources Source Richmond

TS Cheney R Schwab CW The global burden of non-con-

flict-related firearm mortality Injury Prevention (2005) Global

Study on Homicide 2011 UN Office for Drugs and Crime p 39

18 Killer stats 2012 update Amnesty International

Page 2

19 THE ARMS TRADE Time for a treaty Amnesty Interna-

tional Page 8

20 Amnesty Internationalrsquos video Support a bulletproof

Arms Trade Treaty httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y-vbtaN-

Be6w


tional Page 4 (see photo caption)


tional Page 4


tional

24 Year of rebellion The state of human rights in the

Middle East and North Africa Amnesty International 2011


tional Page 1

2 Report of the Secretary-General Children and Armed

conflict 23 April 2011 United Nations A65820ndashS2011250

3 Killer stats 2012 update Amnesty International Page 7

4 Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation

internal research document December 2003 The ten countries

analysed over the decade were Algeria Brazil the Russian Fed-

eration (Chechnya) Colombia DRC East Timor Egypt France

Jamaica and Nepal


tional Page 1


tional Page 2

7 This would be for internal security operations

8 See the full story in No Arms for Atrocities ndash commit to

an effective Arms Trade Treaty Amnesty International 2012

page 6 ACT 300142012

9 NO ARMS FOR ATROCITIES OR ABUSES Commit to an

Effective Arms Trade Treaty Amnesty International Page 6

10 All Section done with info from Action Circular ACT

300152012 page 3 and ldquoNo arms for atrocities or abusesrdquo

ACT 300142012 Amnesty International page 22

11 Extracted from a letter to Ambassador of Brazil to

Portugal Mr Maacuterio Vivalva issued by Amnesty International

Portugal on the 21st of May 2012


tional Page 4

13 Amnesty International and Omega Research Founda-

tion internal research document December 2003 The ten

countries analysed over the decade were Algeria Brazil the

Russian Federation (Chechnya) Colombia DRC East Timor

Egypt France Jamaica and Nepal

14 lsquoauxiliary troopsrsquo




Page 7 note that during the 1991-2002 civil war in Sierra

Leone largely fought using small arms 64000 women and

girls were victims of sexual violence (more information avail-

able in THE ARMS TRADE Time for a treaty Page 10 Amnesty

International

17 This statement was published in the internal fund-

raising document entitled ldquoThe Arms Trade Time for Actionrdquo

Amnesty International ACT 300452012 It drawn on the data

that was included in another internal document (content for

external use) entitled ldquoKiller Stats -2012 Updaterdquo Amnesty

International issued on 23 March 2012 Below is a short and

long explanation of the calculations

SHORT EXPLANATION Half a million is the combined figure

of 1) battles-related (direct) deaths which are approximately of

50681 deaths a year using Uppsala data 2) 200000 indirect

deaths per year from armed conflict using figures published by

the Geneva Declaration in 2008 3) 54601 deaths during one

sided armed violence (note not armed conflict) using Uppsala

data and 4) 199000 homicides committed using firearms

using UNODC data

LONGER EXPLANATION

1) 50681 deaths gt In the 22 years between 1989 and

2010 the world witnessed the continuation or outburst of 131

armed conflicts according to estimates by the Uppsala Conflict

Data Program The Uppsala Conflict Data Program defines

battle-related deaths as those deaths caused by the warring

parties that can be directly related to combat which includes

traditional battlefield fighting guerrilla activities and all

kinds of bombardments of military bases cities and villages

etc and urban warfare (bombs explosions and assassina-

tions) All fatalities ndash military and civilian ndash incurred in such

situations are counted as battle-related deaths The UCDP

PRIO ACD divides armed conflicts in two death intensity-related

categories intensity 1 (between 25 and 999 battle-related

deaths for each recorded year) and category 2 (at least 1000

battle-related deaths for each recorded year) Between 794000

and 1115000 people lost their lives directly in battle-related

deaths in those 131 armed conflicts which is an average of

50681 deaths a year This average is calculated using the high

estimate of 1115000 people according to estimates by the

Uppsala Conflict Data Program

endnotes

We WAnT To puT An enD To ATroCiTies AnD Abuses Like The ones DesCribeD Above AnD prevenT Them from hAppeninG To oThers

3

1 The story so farHalf a million people die every year as a

result of armed violence armed conflict and human rights violations using conventional arms The irresponsible trade in weapons has a devastating impact on young people all over the world Millions are injured brutally repressed raped or forced to flee from their homes - many of these are young people1

For example live ammunition and teargas were used by the riot police and security forces against young protesters in countries like Bahrain Egypt and Yemen during the lsquoArab Springrsquo in 2011 Many young people were injured and others died trying to make their voices heard Many continue to face these dangers today

According to the UN Secretary General in 2011 there were at least 14 countries in armed conflict where children were killed injured or used for example to commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against other children2

Did you know bull Women and girls are often the forgotten victims of armed conflict bull Weapons are used by fighters for rape

other forms of sexual violence or sexual slav-ery3

bull At least 60 per cent of human rights violations documented by Amnesty Inter-national have involved small arms and light weapons4

Reporting on far too many human rights violations like the ones above drove Amnesty International and other organizations to be-gin campaigning for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in the 1990s5

Since then there have been two big victo-ries

bull In 2006 the UN started a consultation with member states and interested parties about the possibility of having an Arms Trade Treaty

bull In 2009 the UN General Assembly agreed to negotiate an ATT6

buT This is noT The enD of The JourneY ToWArDs A sAfer WorLD

In July 2012 world leaders will meet at the UN in New York to draw up an historic document the first ever international ATT to help better regulate the arms trade

But there are some worrying obstacles to overcome

bull some states do not want the ATT to in-clude those weapons munitions and other equipment that are used against their own citizens7

bull some countries do not want strong hu-man rights rules that would stop an arms transfer from contributing to violations and abuses

This meAns ThAT We neeD Your voiCe To puT pressure on The WorLDrsquos GovernmenTs To sup-porT An effeCTive ATT WhiCh proTeCTs humAn riGhTs

2

A child collects bullets from the ground in Rounyn a village

located about 15 km north of Shangil Tobaya North Darfur 27

March 2011

Most of the population in Rounyn recently fled to camps for

displaced people due to the clashes between the Government

and the armed movements

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endnotes

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