Anna Khakee and Nicholas Florquin, Kosovo and the Gun: A Baseline Assessment of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Kosovo (UNDP and Small Arms Survey, 2003)

 This report seeks to address five key issues: the distribution of small arms in Kosovo; the types of weapons most commonly reported and misused; the primary owners and users of small arms and their attitudes towards weapons; the way in which small arms are transferred and the scale and dynamics of the small arms trade; and the direct and indirect effects of small arms misuse on civilians.

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Caroline Holmqvist, 'Private Security Companies: A Case for Regulation’ (SIPRI, 2005)

Private security and military companies challenge the traditional thinking regarding the government as the main character in military issues and as a provider of physical security for its citizens. With the lack of effective legal or regulative structures, these activities raise maters of legislation and responsibility in the areas of security policies. This survey evaluates the impact of the “privatization of security” in different contexts of security, and also examines several means through which the international community can respond to this development.

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SaferWorld, Analysis of country legislation over the export and transfer of weapons in Western Balkans, (UNDP-SEESAC, 2006)

This report concentrates in the country’s legislation for the export and transfers of weapons in six Western Balkans countries, and Kosovo’s territory administered by the international community. As a part of the EC 'Supportive Plan for the Control of SALW in Western Balkans’, the report evaluates every law regarding the criteria of the Code of Behaviour for Weapons’ Transport in EU and offers a number of recommendations, by concentrating on the legislation, implementation and its enforcement, and also the elements of responsibility and transparency.

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