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	Gun control laws and the small arms trade by International Action Network on Small Arms Gun Policy News - University of Sydney   Gun Policy News provides daily global and regional bulletins of small arms policy, armed violence prevention and gun control news. This global information network aims to provide leadership in public health by advancing and disseminating knowledge supporting global efforts to prevent gun injury.   The information network aims to promote a public health model to firearm injury prevention, as adopted by the United Nations Programme of Action on illicit small arms.   Contributing Partners include:   GRIP (Groupe de recherche et d''information sur la paix et la securite) an independent Francophone conflict prevention research centre in Brussels. GRIP studies security issues and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, particularly in developing nations, and in Africa.   Aiming for Prevention is the global public health campaign to prevent firearm violence of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Aiming for Prevention mobilises health professionals to document and works to reduce armed violence, and advocates for policy reform.   ArmsNetAfrica, a project of the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, an information portal and knowledge exchange for coalitions, groups and individuals working to contain the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Africa.   Saferworld, works to increase human security, control the spread of small arms and prevent armed violence. Saferworld promotes the Arms Trade Treaty, a global initiative at the United Nations to curb the proliferation and misuse of weapons.   SEESAC, the South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Belgrade, supports the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the EU, NATO and local NGOs to control the regional proliferation and misuse of small arms.   SAFER-Net, the Small Arms/Firearms Education and Research Network in Toronto, provides international research on the impact of firearms on public health and safety. It''s national profiles outline each country''s approach to the proliferation and the regulation of guns.   The Trauma Foundation, founded in 1981 at San Francisco General Hospital, works with survivor advocates to reduce firearm violence, and other preventable traumatic injuries and deaths. The Foundation is accredited to the UN small arms process.   The Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California works to addresses the causes, nature, and prevention of violence, including the effectiveness of waiting periods and background checks for gun buyers, and the determinants of firearm violence.   The Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin conducts research, education and service activities to reduce injury deaths and disabilities - in Wisconsin, firearms are the most common cause of death by intentional injury.   The International Action Network on Small Arms, supports a global network of more than 800 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in 100 countries to curb the proliferation and misuse of illicit small arms and light weapons. Visit the related web page
	Trafficking still one of fastest growing criminal activities globally, says UN expert by Joy Ezeilo Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons   June 2010   Human trafficking, “one of the most appalling forms of human rights violations,” remains one of the world’s fastest growing criminal activities in the world, an independent United Nations expert said today.   But she said stressed that the role of regional organizations in fighting the scourge “cannot be underestimated,” Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children, told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, presenting her annual report.   The key to tackling the problem is enhanced coordination among countries of origin, transit and destination, she said, calling for stepped up support for regional and sub-regional groups seeking to catalyze State action to combat trafficking.   With most of these organizations focusing nearly exclusively on the criminalization of traffickers, Ms. Ezeilo called on them to adopt a human rights and victim-centred perspective instead.   “In order to be effective, they should put the rights of the victim at the core of their strategies and actions,” she said. “By doing so, they will succeed both in protecting victims and prosecuting traffickers.”   The Rapporteur underscored to the Council today that “it is only be properly protecting and assisting victims that you can effectively prosecute traffickers.” Visit the related web page
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