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October 2000
Vol. 12, No. 5 (A)

SOUTH AFRICA

A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
Arms Trade and Human Rights


SOUTH AFRICA

I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations
To the Government of South Africa
To the South African Parliament
To the states of the Southern African Development Community
To the International Donor Community

II. THE APARTHEID ERA

III. GOVERNMENT POLICY REFORM AFTER 1994
The "Wazan debacle" and the Cameron Commission
The Commission's Recommendations
A New Policy

IV. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND CHALLENGES
Control Structures
Structural Changes and the Conventional Arms Control Bill
Joint Licensing and Co-Production Agreements
Conflicting Government Signals

VI. IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES
End-User Certification, Verification, and Enforcement
Transparency
Annual Reporting
The Promotion of Access to Information Act
The U.N. Register

VII. ARMS TRADE IN PRACTICE
Profit vs. Human Rights
Rwanda and the Great Lakes
Turkey
Algeria
China
Other Arms Sales to Human Rights Abusers

VI. LANDMINES, SMALL ARMS, AND MERCENARIES
Landmines
Small Arms
Mercenaries

VIII. CONCLUSION
A Statutory Framework
Strengthened Human Rights Input
Increased Outside Involvement in Arms Trade Decisions
Transparency

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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