FMO Research guide: small arms and forced migration

This research guide charts the international dimensions of small arms production, stockpiles and trade for researchers interested in better understanding the magnitude and dimensions of the issue.

It then describes how the humanitarian and development community, including those partially responsible for ensuring the protection and assistance of forcibly displaced people, has started to respond to the issue. Three approaches have emerged - perspectives that simultaneously address the supply of small arms and states that violate human rights and international humanitarian law; the issue of demand and the need for better enforcement of international humanitarian law among armed actors; and the operational security risks at the field level.