Event Details

25 Feb

When

25 Feb 2025
9:30 AM

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Where

In-person event
Venue: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas - CIDE, Campus Santa Fe, Mexico City
CIB Room (Third Floor of the Library)
Carretera México-Toluca 3655, Santa Fe, Altavista, Álvaro Obregón, 01210, Mexico City

The event will be held in English and Spanish, simultaneous translation service will be provided.

Registration is mandatory, click here to register

Latin America has one of the highest per capita homicide rates in the world. Eighty percent of these deaths are caused by firearms, highlighting the urgent need to address their availability in the region.

In some countries, violence is often caused by guns that are legally imported but then diverted to the black market. In others, these products are trafficked through cross-border routes. A large number come from the United States, but up to 40% of the weapons found at crime scenes are European.

Although some countries in the region have taken steps to address the problem of gun violence in recent years, including efforts to strengthen gun violence and gun control legislation, these initiatives have been insufficient to stem the flow of weapons and their diversion.

Mexico and Mexican civil society organizations have taken the lead in addressing the negative effects of irresponsible arms sales through strategic litigation, using international law to pressure the arms industry to exercise due diligence on their production and distribution chains.

This forum will provide a space to exchange lessons learned in public policies and advocacy strategies carried out by civil society and government actors to prevent arms trafficking and diversion.


Speakers

  • Sergio Aguayo, El Colegio de México
  • Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ivan Contente Marques, Organization of American States
  • Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, UC San Diego