Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Russia
What are the challenges in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Russia?
The safety and security of people living in this part of the world is compromised because of:
- unresolved conflicts
- weak governance
- the proliferation of small arms and light weapons
- poor policing
Across the region, there exists massive stocks of arms and ammunition - the storage of which often falling below international standards, risking fatal accidents and leading to the leakage of weapons onto the black market.
Shrinking domestic arms markets and economic hardship continue to create strong incentives to export arms even to countries affected by conflict or human rights abuses.
What we do
With partners we,
- work directly with governments, parliaments and civil society on arms transfer controls, security sector reform and conflict-sensitive development
- train and support civil society in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Russia to work with their governments on arms controls and to other issues relating to their safety and security
Read a case study about community-based policing
Read our latest report, which covers issues relating to small arms proliferation, transparency and arms export controls in Russia.
Download 'Small arms production in Russia'
Reports and briefings
Moldova and international small arms transfers: Implementing UN Programme of Action commitments, July 2008
Good Conduct? Ten years of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, June 2008
Beyond the reach of state monopoly controls A comparative overview of Russian controls on arms brokering, April 2007
Small arms and human security in Georgia: an agenda for action, October 2006
Taking stock: small arms and human security in Georgia, September 2006
Small arms and light weapons survey of Moldova, July 2006
Find out more
Read more about our work in Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine by following the links on the left.
Find out more about our work on:
Arms transfer controls in Europe
Conflict-sensitive development
Security and justice sector development
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