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<strong>MISSING</strong> <strong>PIECES</strong><br />
36 Telephone interview between Christian Ruge, FAFO and Brigadier Geir Anda, Commander,<br />
Norwegian Defence Staff Press and Information Office, Oslo. Communicated to the HD Centre,<br />
18 May 2005.<br />
37 Ms. Frey was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Small Arms in April<br />
2003, and was tasked with preparing a comprehensive study on the prevention of human rights<br />
violations committed with small arms and light weapons based on her working paper prepared<br />
for the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (E/CN.4/Sub.2/<br />
2002/39), which considered the diverse legal and practical issues involved in the questions of (a)<br />
the trade and carrying of small arms and light weapons; and (b) the use of such weapons in the<br />
context of human rights and humanitarian norms, and offered recommendations for further<br />
action and research. She presented the final report of the study in August 2006.<br />
38 Frey, Barbara (2006), Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light<br />
weapons : Final report submitted by Barbara Frey, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Sub-<br />
Commission resolution 2002/25 (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/27), para 42. Available at: http://hrp.cla.umn.<br />
edu/documents/A%20HRC%20Sub.1%2058%2027.pdf<br />
39 The estimated figures for annual US gun theft alone are 500,000–1,820,000. Small Arms Survey<br />
2004, pp. 60–61<br />
40 Chetty, Robert, ed. (2000), Firearm Use and Distribution in South Africa, National Crime Prevention<br />
Centre, Firearms Programme, Pretoria, p. 45<br />
41 Gould (2004), Hide and Seek, p. 200<br />
42 Francis, Geoffrey (1995), ‘Illicit firearms in Canada: Sources, smuggling and trends’, Royal Canadian<br />
Mounted Police Gazette, Vol. 57, Issue 2, pp. 22–24<br />
43 In the first eight months of 2003, Mexican officials reportedly asked the US government to trace<br />
more than 17,000 US-origin guns recovered from crimes in Mexico. Grillo, Ioan (2003), ‘Illegal<br />
arms pervasive in Mexico and most obtained from the US’, Houston Chronicle, 12 October 2003<br />
44 Organisation of American States (2002), Evaluation of Progress in Drug Control 2000–2002, OAS,<br />
Mexico, p. 8<br />
45 Botswana does not issue handgun licences to individuals; the only people who can possess and<br />
carry firearms are serving members of the police and defence force. Hunters are subject to strict<br />
control, with only 400 licenses issued annually, by lottery—200 for shotguns and 200 for rifles.<br />
46 Gun Control Alliance (South Africa), Facts and Figures—Botswana: A Lesson for South Africa.<br />
Available at: www.gca.org.za/facts/briefs/09botswana.htm<br />
47 Based on Zimring, Franklin (1991), ‘Firearms, violence and public policy’, Scientific American,<br />
November, pp. 24–30<br />
48 Cukier, Wendy et al. (2003), Emerging Global Norms in the Regulation of Civilian Possession of Small<br />
Arms, SAFER-Net, Toronto (updated in 2004)<br />
49 South Africa, Firearms Control Act (No.60 of 2000), Section 140<br />
50 Villaveces, Andres et al. (2000), ‘Effect of a ban on carrying firearms on homicide rates in two<br />
Colombian cities’, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 283, pp. 1205–1209<br />
51 Canada, Firearms Act (1995), chap. 39. Available at: www.laws.justice.gc.ca/en/F-11.6/59627.html<br />
52 Hemenway, David et al. (2002), ‘Firearm availability and female homicide victimization rates<br />
across 25 populous high-income countries’, Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association,<br />
Vol. 57, pp. 100–104<br />
53 Richardson, Vigdor, Elizabeth and James Mercy (2002), ‘Disarming batterers: The impact of<br />
domestic violence firearm laws’, in Jens, Ludwig and Philip Cook (eds.), Evaluating Gun Policy:<br />
Effects on Crime and Violence, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. However, the commission<br />
of a violent misdemeanour does not always result in the abusers’ guns being surrendered.<br />
54 South Africa, Firearms Control Act, chap. 5: Competency Certificate, sec. 9 (5) (a) and (b)<br />
55 Cukier et al. (2003), Emerging Global Norms<br />
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