The fourth volume in the "Arms Control and Disarmament Law" series addresses the issue of small arms and light weapons from the legal point of view, presented at the seminar on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Legal Aspects of National and International Regulations. There are over 600 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) in circulation worldwide. Of 49 major conflicts in the 1990s, 47 were waged with small arms as the weapons of choice. Small arms are responsible for over half a million deaths per year, including 300,000 in armed conflict and 200,000 more from homicides and suicides....
The fourth volume in the "Arms Control and Disarmament Law" series addresses the issue of small arms and light weapons from the legal point of view, p...