UNREC Legal Assistance Workshop for States Parties to the Kinshasa Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons

25/09/2019
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27/09/2019
Descripción de la actividad

From 25 September 2019 to 27 September 2019 UNREC, in cooperation with ECCAS, UNOCA, the African Union and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, organised a workshop on Legal Assistance for States parties to the Kinshasa Convention. The workshop was part of the project 'Supporting African States towards the Vision of Silencing the Guns in Africa 2020' led by ECCAS, UNREC and UNOCA. The workshop, attended by 46 participants from ECCAS member states and academic experts, aimed to inform the attendees about best practices to update national arms control legal texts. Moreover, the meeting allowed the participants to share best practices in implementing regulations on SALW, with particular attention on the experiences from Burundi, Sierra Leone, Mali and Burkina Faso

Descripción del Proyecto

The project 'Supporting African States towards the Vision of Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020' was launched by ECCAS, UNREC and UNOCA in the margins of the 47th UNSAC Ministerial Meeting launched on 7 December 2018. The aim of the project is to obtain the ratification of the Kinshasa Convention by Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Moreover, the project aims to support the harmonization with international standards of states parties' legislative frameworks on weapons and ammunition controls.

Tipo de actividad
Institutional capacity-building
Legal or legislative assistance
Enfoque de la Actividad
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Socios
Angola
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Mali
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
São Tomé and Príncipe
Implementadores
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)
United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA)
Contacto

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)

Address: B.P. 2705 Lomé – Togo

Phone: +228 (0)22 53 50 00

Fax: +228 (0)22 50 43 15

E-mail: mail@unrec.org

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