The first Global Burden of Armed Violence report, released in 2008, provides comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date data on international trends and patterns of armed violence.
The Geneva Declaration Secretariat supports the establishment of reliable, comprehensive and relevant indicators to measure the global burden of armed violence and its impact on human development
The complex links between armed violence and underdevelopment — with armed violence being both a cause and consequence of underdevelopment — are becoming better understood.
Country-level research is essential to enhance the understanding of the types, scale, and distribution of armed violence and its negative impact on development.
