Mauritius - Saferworld
Mauritius - Saferworld
Mauritius - Saferworld
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Foreword<br />
THIS COUNTRY STUDY forms one chapter of a comprehensive study on firearms legislation in<br />
Southern Africa, conducted by <strong>Saferworld</strong> and SaferAfrica which aims to assess the strengths<br />
and weaknesses of the firearms control legislation in Southern African Development Community<br />
(SADC) member states.<br />
The full study contains an introductory chapter providing an overview of the firearms legislation in<br />
12 of the SADC member states and the regional perspective. Each of the following 12 chapters<br />
covers one SADC member state. The chapter provides an in-depth analysis of each state’s<br />
firearms legislation against the commitments contained in the four key international and regional<br />
small arms agreements for the SADC member states:<br />
• ‘Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and<br />
Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against ‘Transnational<br />
Organised Crime’ (‘UN Firearms Protocol’);<br />
• ‘United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small<br />
Arms and Light weapons in All Its Aspects’ (‘UN Programme of Action’);<br />
• ‘Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and<br />
Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons’ (‘Bamako Declaration’); and<br />
• ‘SADC Protocol on The Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials’ (‘SADC<br />
Firearms Protocol’).<br />
The study is intended as a reference document to assist law-makers and others involved in<br />
reviewing national legislation. For every country, the existing national firearms laws are unpacked<br />
and their provisions detailed, by issue, alongside the requirements of the international and<br />
regional small arms agreements. This analysis is presented in an individual table for each<br />
country, in which it is possible to adjudge the level of conformity with the requirements of the<br />
international and regional agreements.