The Scope and Implications of a Tracing Mechanism for Small Arms ...
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<strong>The</strong> SADC Protocol<br />
• <strong>The</strong> State parties shall enact the necessary legislation <strong>and</strong> take other<br />
measures to establish as criminal <strong>of</strong>fences, in order to prevent, combat,<br />
<strong>and</strong> eradicate the illicit manufacturing <strong>of</strong> firearms, ammunition <strong>and</strong><br />
other related materials, <strong>and</strong> their excessive <strong>and</strong> destabilizing<br />
accumulation, trafficking, possession <strong>and</strong> use (Article5.1.). 44<br />
<strong>The</strong> OSCE Document<br />
• <strong>The</strong> participating States shall ensure that those engaged in illegal<br />
production can, <strong>and</strong> will, be prosecuted under appropriated penal<br />
codes (Article II.2.A.). However, the manufacture <strong>of</strong> unmarked<br />
weapons is not explicitly considered as being illegal.<br />
Comparison:<br />
1. Most <strong>of</strong> the mechanisms <strong>for</strong>esee sanctions in the case <strong>of</strong> the<br />
manufacture <strong>and</strong> trade (as well as <strong>of</strong> other illicit transactions) <strong>of</strong><br />
firearms <strong>and</strong>/or ammunition <strong>and</strong> explosives. Some <strong>of</strong> them specify that<br />
the manufacture <strong>of</strong> <strong>and</strong> transactions involving firearms, ammunition<br />
<strong>and</strong>/or explosives that are not marked appropriately are considered<br />
illicit, <strong>and</strong> are there<strong>for</strong>e subject to the application <strong>of</strong> these sanctions;<br />
2. <strong>The</strong> Vienna Protocol also confers the status <strong>of</strong> criminal <strong>of</strong>fence on the<br />
falsification, obliteration, removal or alteration <strong>of</strong> the markings, as well<br />
as on numerous <strong>for</strong>ms <strong>of</strong> complicity, assistance or abetting in these<br />
<strong>of</strong>fences;<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> OSCE Document <strong>for</strong>esees the en<strong>for</strong>cement <strong>of</strong> extraterritoriality in<br />
<strong>of</strong>fences related to the illegal manufacture <strong>of</strong> small arms.<br />
5.3 OTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVES<br />
In this section, we present five initiatives that are neither politically- nor<br />
legally-binding, but which are important <strong>and</strong> broaden our knowledge <strong>of</strong> the<br />
current political positions, on the one h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> on some <strong>of</strong> the existing<br />
mechanisms on the other.