Series

Saferworld is an independent, internationally-oriented organization that works to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. In pursuing these ends, it 1) performs research and analysis that is designed to improve multi-level policies and practices that help build lasting peace, and 2) works with those negatively affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security. This series features NGO research reports published and produced by Saferworld on a variety of issues, with a particular emphasis on arms control.

Publishers: Saferworld
Publications: Gender and Displacement: South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda
“Like the Military of the Village”: Security, Justice and Community Defence Groups in South-east South Sudan
Building Peace into Refugee Responses: Syrian Refugess in Lebanon
Working with Businesses for Peace in Bangladesh
Syria: Playing Into Their Hands
Counter-terror in Tunisia: A Road Paved with Good Intentions?
Inside Kenya´s War on Terror: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Garissa
Brexit and the Future of UK Arms Transfer Controls
International Efforts to Prevent Diversion of Arms and Dual-Use Goods Transfers: Challenges and Priorities
Making Big Cases Small and Small Cases Disappear: Experiences of Local Justice in Myanmar
Ensuring Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty: A National Assessment Methodology
Politics and Policing: Understanding the Impact of Post-conflict Political Settlements on Security Reforms in Kenya
Gender and Community Security
Gender, Peace and Security and the 2030 Agenda: A Way Forward for South Africa
Hammering the Bread and the Nail: Lessons from Counter-Terror, Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Afghanistan
Barbed Wire on our Heads: Lessons from Counter-Terror, Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Somalia
Blown Back: Lessons from Counter-Terror, Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Yemen
Matching Needs with Resources: National Police Reserve and Community Security in Kenya's Frontiers
Federalism, Conflict and Fragmentation in Yemen
Early Warning and Response to Violent Conflict: Time for a Rethink
Towards a More Effective Early Warning System in the Horn of Africa
The Role of Local Actors in Yemen’s Current War
Violence Against Women in Egypt: Prospects for Improving Police Response
Central Asia at a Crossroads
Turkish Aid Agencies in Somalia: Risks and Opportunities for Building Peace
Expanding and Sustaining Dialogue Between China and the Wassenaar Arrangement
Managing Risk in Unstable Countries
Strengthening the New Deal from the Bottom Up
Masculinities, Conflict and Peacebuilding
Jordan: Local Capacities for Peace
Arms Trade Treaty Reaches 50 Ratifications
Addressing Transnational Threats: Building a Common Agenda
Women’s Role in Improving Security in Egypt, Libya and Yemen
´How Can You be a Marda if You Beat Your Wife´?
Strengthening Dialogue between China and the Wassenaar Arrangement
Reflections on the Northern Ireland Experience
Identifying Approaches and Measuring Impacts of Programmes Focused on Transnational Organised Crime
China and the Arms Trade Treaty: Prospects and Challenges
Security for Local Communities
Evaluating Impacts of Peacebuilding Interventions
Defining and Measuring the External Stress Factors that Lead to Conflict in the Context of the Post-2015 Agenda
Beyond the Reach of the Hoe: The Struggle for Land and Minerals in Northern Uganda
Abkhazia: Issues of Citizenship and Security
Community Security Handbook
Puntland at the Polls
The Role of Civil Society in Security Building
Women’s Insecurities and the Workplace in Nepal
A Gender Sensitivity Resource Pack
Training of Trainers Manual: Transforming Conflict and Building Peace
Arms and the Responsibility to Protect: Western and Chinese Involvement in Libya
Promoting Participatory Approaches to Peacebuilding
'It's Dangerous to Be the First'
Northern Uganda Conflict Analysis
Embedding Conflict Sensitivity
Oil, Security and Community Engagement
India’s Development Cooperation
Security for All - A Challenge for Eastern Abkhazia
Somalilanders Speak
Getting it Right: The Pieces that Matter for the Arms Trade Treaty
Community-Based Approaches to Safety and Security
Empowering Conflict Affected Communities to Respond to Security Problems in South Ossetia
Safety and Security in the South-East Border Area of Bangladesh
Still Time to Act: Rising Conflict Fears in Kosovo
Moving Beyond Promises
ATT Update, September 2012, Issue No 3
Mogadishu Rising?
From Word to Deed
The Arms Trade Treaty: An Indian Perspective
Putting Women's Rights into the Arms Trade Treaty
ATT Update, June 2012, Issue No 2
China and South Sudan: New Perspectives on Development and Conflict Prevention
Putting People First
Assessing the Risk of Violence in Timor-Leste’s 2012 Elections
North Caucasus: Views from Within
From Conflict Analysis to Peacebuilding Impact
Nobody Has Ever Asked About Young People's Opinions
Leaving the Past Behind
Transition and Reform
The Jirga: Justice and Conflict Transformation
Challenges of the Everyday
Safety and Security in North Bengal, Bangladesh
Tackling Insecurity in the Horn of Africa: China’s Role
Security Responses in Jonglei State in the Aftermath of Inter-Ethnic Violence
Civilian Disarmament in South Sudan
How to Guide to Conflict Sensitivity
Early Warning, Early Response?: Learning Lessons From The 2010 Crisis in Kyrgystan
ATT Update, December 2011, Issue No 1
Lessons From MENA
Public Protest and Visions of Change
Armed Violence in the Terai
An Implementation Framework for the Arms Trade Treaty
Creating Safer Communities in Bangladesh
Snapshots of Informal Justice Provision in Kaski, Panchthar and Dhanusha Districts, Nepal
Public Perceptions of Safety and Security in Kosovo
Looking Back to Look Forward
Routes Across the Nistru
Lessons From the Frontiers
Exclusion, Violence and Public Protest in Yemen
The Effects of the August War
Harmonising Small Arms Control Legislation
Understanding and Responding to Security Needs in Conflict-Affected Areas
Peace, Security and Stability in Georgia
Peace, Security and Stability in Kvemo Kartli
China’s Growing Role in African Peace and Security
The European Commission Early-warning Architecture and Crisis-Response Capacity
A Matter of Trust
More than Box-Ticking?
Common Ground?
Improving the Understanding and Use of Participatory Approaches in EU Security-building Programmes
Life on the Boundary Line
Report of Consultations on Community-level Policing Structures in Jonglei and Upper Nile States, Southern Sudan
Community Security and Small Arms Controls
Karamoja Conflict and Security Assessment
The Missing Peace
Biting the Bullet: Preventing Diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Community Perceptions of the Causes and Effects of the August 2008 Conflict in Kvemo Kartli, Samegrelo, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Shide Kartli
Security, Community & Participation in Shida Kartli after the August War
Treading Water?
Security Provision in Bangladesh
Karamoja: A Literature Review
Operational Handbook on Police-Community Co-operation
Security and Justice in Nepal
Controlling the Transfer of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems
Establishing a Civil Society Network on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Southern Sudan
Evaluating for Security and Justice
Climate Change and Conflict
Ready or Not?
The Arms Trade Treaty
The Arms Trade Treaty and Military Equipment
Climate Change and Security in Bangladesh
On Track for Improved Security?
Biting the Bullet: Preventing Diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements for the Support to Security Sector Reform Programme in Albania
Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements for the Implementation of Community Policing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Survey of the European Union's Arrangements for Monitoring and Evaluating Support to Security Sector Reform
Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements for the Law and Justice Sector in Papua New Guinea
Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements for the Justice Law and Order Sector in Uganda
Survey of Key Donors and Multilateral Organisations on Monitoring and Evaluation of Security Sector Reform
Survey of the United Nations Organisation's Arrangements for Monitoring and Evaluating Support to Security Sector Reform
Survey of the United States Government's Arrangements for Monitoring and Evaluating Support to Security Sector Reform
Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements for the Sierra Leone Security Sector Reform Programme
Changing Security Dynamics in Nepal
Through the Cross-Hairs: A Survey of Changing Attitudes Towards Small Arms in Kosovo
Water and Conflict: Making Water Delivery Conflict-Sensitive in Uganda
Moldova and International Small Arms Transfers: Implementing UN Programme of Action Commitments
Developing Integrated Approaches to Post-Conflict Security and Recovery: A Case Study of Integrated DDR in Sudan
Uganda and International Small Arms Transfers: Implementing UN Programme of Action Commitments
Good Conduct? Ten Years of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
Water Provision as a Peacebuilding Tool
Making it Work: Monitoring and Verifying Implementation of an Arms Trade Treaty
Human Security in Bangladesh
Trap Guns in Sri Lanka
Implementing Community-Based Policing in Kenya
Public Safety and Policing in Nepal
Kosovo at the Crossroads
Africa's Missing Billions
Policing in Nepal
Indian Helicopters for Myanmar: Making a Mockery of Embargoes?
The Experience of the Northern Uganda Shea Nut Project
Measuring up? Arms Transfer Controls in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - A Decade of Labour's Arms Exports
Human Security in Kosovo - A Survey of Perceptions
Intelligence in Kosovo
Aid and Conflict in Uganda
Small Arms Production in Russia
Romania's Arms Transfer Control System at EU Accession: An Analysis
Addressing the Role of Private Security Companies Within Security Sector Reform Programmes
Philosophy and Principles of Community-Based Policing
SALW Survey of Kosovo
Analysis of National Legislation on Arms Exports and Transfers in the Western Balkans
Saferworld Submission on the EU Country Strategy Paper for Kenya
Developing a Strategy to Respond to the Government of Kenya’s Disarmament Programme
Biting the Bullet: Implementation of the PoA in Europe
Improving the Impact of Country Strategy Papers and Programming on Peace and Stability
Strengthening Dialogue Between NSAs, Administrations and the EC on the European Union’s New Assistance Strategy to Somalia
Community Safety in Kosovo: Lessons Learned
Small Arms and Light Weapons: Challenges in Sri Lanka and Options for the Future
Biting the Bullet: Developing International Guidelines for National Controls on SALW Transfers
Biting the Bullet: Promoting Effective Global Action on Small Arms
Biting the Bullet: Developing International Norms to Restrict SALW Transfers to Non-State Actors
Biting the Bullet: Reviewing Action on Small Arms 2006
The Sarajevo Code of Conduct for Private Security Companies
Kenya National Action Plan for Arms Control and Management
The Sarajevo Client Guidelines for the Procurement of Private Security Companies
Turning the Page: Small Arms and Light Weapons in Albania
Strengthening Civil Society Participation and Promoting Conflict Prevention under the Cotonou Partnership Agreement
Enhancing Civilian Management and Oversight of the Security Sector in Kosovo
The Creation and Functioning of the UN Peacebuilding Commission
Trade, Aid and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
The Changing Nature of Pastoral Conflicts in South-Eastern Ethiopia
Integrating Conflict Prevention and Civil Society Participation into National Development Strategies: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
Enhancing Sudanese Civil Society Participation in Peace-Building
Developing an EU Strategy to Address Fragile States
Security Sector Reform in Armenia
Living with the Legacy
Cotonou Mid-term Reviews - a Lost Opportunity for Peace and Development?
Ammunition Stocks: Promoting Safe and Secure Storage and Disposal
Biting the Bullet: International Action on Small Arms 2005
Building Comprehensive Controls on Small Arms Manufacturing, Transfer and End-Use
Escaping the Subsidy Trap
Taking Control: The Case For a More Effective European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
Weapons under Scrutiny: Implementing Arms Export Controls and Combating Small Arms Proliferation in Bulgaria
Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Strengthening Global Security Through Addressing the Root Causes of Conflict
South Eastern Europe SALW Monitor
Combating the Threat of Gun Violence
Macedonia: Guns, Policing and Ethnic Division
The Kosovo Serbs: An Ethnic Minority Between Collaboration and Defiance
Resolving Small Arms Proliferation
Ensuring Progress in the Prevention of Violent Conflict
Implementing the Programme of Action 2003
Building Peace from the Ground Up
Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Szeged Small Arms Process
Implementing the UN Action Programme for Combating the Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects
Putting Conflict Prevention into Practice
Organised Crime, Corruption and Illicit Arms Trafficking in an Enlarged EU
Biting the Bullet: Putting Children First: Building a Framework for International Action to Address the Impact of Small Arms on Children
Pastoralism and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Biting the Bullet: Putting Children First: Background Report
Biting the Bullet: Ensuring a Framework for an Effective International Action Programme on Small Arms and Light Weapons
The Proliferation of Illegal Small Arms and Light Weapons in and around the European Union
Reducing the Stock of the Illicit Trade
Private Military Companies and the Proliferation of Small Arms
Information Exchange and Transparency
The UN 2001 Conference: Setting the Agenda
Stockpile Security and Reducing Surplus Weapons
The UN Firearms Protocol
Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
Controlling Arms Brokering and Transport Agents
Biting the Bullet: Regional Initiatives and the UN 2001 Conference
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