NACSA TO DRAFT NEW LEGISLATION ON SMALL ARMS CONTROL
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has initiated the process of passing a new law that addresses the current challenges that confront small arms control in Ghana and to ensure that Ghana’s small arms control laws conform to international standards and best practices. The Commission is undertaking this project with the support […]
PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE AND INTERIOR VISITS SMALL ARMS COMMISSION
A three-member delegation of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior has paid a working visit to the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons. The delegation was led by the Committee’s Chairman Hon. George Kofi Arthur, MP for Amenfi Central. The other members of the delegation were Hon. Ernest Kofi Yaka, Vice-Chairman […]
ECOWAS COMMISSION ON A MONITORING VISIT TO GHANA
A two-member delegation from the ECOWAS Commission has embarked on a monitoring mission to the National Commission on Small Arms and light weapons to acertain the extent of the implementation of the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and light weapons, their ammunition and other related materials. Article 25 of the ECOWAS Convention, mandates the ECOWAS […]
CAN THE WORLD AGREE ON AN ARMS TRADE TREATY?
Introduction Unregulated trade in conventional arms especially small arms and light weapons (SALWs) remain a major cause of devastating armed conflict, violence, terrorism, crime and its resultant displacement of persons. While conventional arms have, in many instances, been associated with violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, they are also used to undermine peace, […]
SMALL ARMS COMMISSION ROUNDS-UP COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light weapons (NACSA), has rounded-up its campaign on public awareness and education against the proliferation and misuse of small arms and armed violence in all ten regions in Ghana. This sensitization exercise was carried out in Odododiodio in Accra, Bekwai and Asawase in Ashanti Region, Yendi and Chereponi […]