Firearms Possession and Domestic Violence in the Western Balkans
Firearms Possession and Domestic Violence in the Western Balkans

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power
Published by: The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
Keywords: Firearms; Domestic Violence; Western Balkans
Summary/Abstract: The countries in the Western Balkans share a lot of characteristics related to their common and interrelated past, present and future. They are all post-socialist and post-conflict countries, sharing the consequences of violent wars, political turbulences, economic crisis and transition to a market economy. Currently all Western Balkan countries are in the process of moving towards integration with the European Union, eliminating the burdens of the past, and building policies, legislative frameworks and mechanisms that will contribute to democratization, the rule of law, human rights protection and gender equality. On this track, the countries are in the process of developing, or have recently developed, new legislation in the field of weapons possession and acquisition and domestic violence. This represents an important opportunity for the States of the Western Balkans to benefit from each others’ experience and from global best practices in order to pass the best laws possible to protect states’ and citizens’ interests.

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