International advocacy
We can only reach a limited number of people through our projects on the ground.
But we can improve security for many more if we influence major international actors so that their policies and actions support conflict prevention, security and justice sector development and tackle the proliferation of arms.
What we do
We work with decision-makers at a number of different levels – the UK, the EU and the UN
We develop proposals on how international actors can improve their impact and work with parliamentarians, the media and other non-governmental organisations to raise public awareness and help create pressure for change.
Increasingly, we are using our country programmes to monitor how effectively the international community is implementing its commitments.
Read our report which looks at the UK Government's policy and practice on arms exports over the last ten years.
Download 'The Good, the bad and the ugly: a decade of Labour's arms exports'
Reports and briefings
The Paris Declaration, violent conflict and aid effectiveness, February 2008
Tackling the availability and misuse of small arms in Africa, December 2007
Submission to the Quadripartite Select Committee for use in the Ministry of Defence Evidence Session, December 2007
Réforme des Systèmes de Sécurité : Pour une prise en compte effective de la sécurité des populations, July 2008
2007 Review of the UK Export Control Act, September 2007
Practical considerations for the potential future ESDP mission to Kosovo, October 2007
Towards an EU strategic response to situations of fragility in developing countries, September 2007
Prospects for sustainable peace in Uganda, July 2007
The Review of the Export Control Act (2002), June 2007
Find out more
Read more about our advocacy work on the UK, EU and UN pages.
Contact
Tom Donnelly
UK Advocacy and Policy Officer
News
- Supporting security in Bangladesh
- Saferworld works with the police and local communities in Bangladesh to improve safety and security.
- Saferworld annual review
- In November Saferworld published its annual review
- Actvities October 2008
- Download Saferworld's activity report for October.
- UN First Committee vote on the Arms Trade Treaty
- The UN General Assembly's First Committee on Disarmament and International Security votes to work towards an Arms Trade Treaty
- An open letter to international donors in Georgia
- Saferworld and other NGOs send an open letter to the international Donors' Conference on Georgia being held in Brussels on 22nd October.