Essays about: "SALW"
Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the word SALW.
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6. Building peace in Libya : UK assistance to foreign Security Sector Reform
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Security Sector Reform (SSR) has been established as a powerful tool in achieving sustainable peace in post-conflict countries, a belief which has strengthened since the events of September 11th 2001, and the subsequent war on terror which has seen both the UK and US heavily involved in peacebuilding operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. However there is a concern that following these experiences, SSR has become little more than a process of building the military capacity of recipient countries in order to meet the immediate security needs of donor states. READ MORE
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7. Stopping Destructive Arms Proliferation: How the Arms Trade Treaty can improve peace and security by introducing the first international regulations on transfers of conventional arms
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This thesis explores how the newly adopted Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first internationaltreaty to regulate the trade in conventional arms, can address the issue of the illegal andirresponsible proliferation of small arms and lights weapons (SALW) and improve peace andsecurity. By far the most commonly used weapons in modern conflicts, SALW and theireffects mainly on intrastate conflicts, I argue, are the most important issues for the ATT toaddress. READ MORE
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8. The Response from the European Union on Small Arms and Light Weapons Control
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : There have been several agreements over the years dealing with issue of arms control agreements, but no a specifically small arms and light weapons (SALW) control agreement. Nonetheless, transfer of arms could only be seen as legal when conducted in consistency with international law. READ MORE
