Seminar for Presentation of Results
Violence and small arms: a Portuguese portrait

May 20th, 2010, 9:30, CES-Lisbon, Picoas Plaza

Organization: Peace Studies Research Group (NEP) and Observatory on Gender and Armed Violence (OGiVA)

Free entrance – Participants will receive a certificate of participation

Presentation

The aim of this seminar, within the scope of the research project with the same name, now at its final stage, is to present and discuss the project’s results, specifically in what concerns the following aspects: the supply of small arms in Portugal; the demand for firearms, meaning the identification of arms’ owners and users and their motives; the differentiated effects of armed violence; and the responses and strategies for armed violence prevention, implemented by the State and by civil society.

Provisional Program

9:30/10:00 | Presentation of the project’s goals
José Manuel Pureza (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)
Tatiana Moura  (Peace Studies Research Group and Observatory on Gender and Armed Violence/CES, University of Coimbra)·


1ST PANEL | THE SUPPLY OF SMALL ARMS IN PORTUGAL

10:00/10:20 | Firearms production, flows, legal and illegal markets in Portugal
Julio Purcena (Viva Rio, Brazil)
Rita Santos (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)

10:20/10:30 | Commentary
Superintendent Francisco Bagina (Department of Arms and Explosives, Portuguese Public Security Police)

10:30/11:00 | Discussion

11:00/11:15 | Coffee Break

 
2ND PANEL | DEMAND FOR SMALL ARMS IN PORTUGAL

11:15/11:35 | Profiles, uses and motives for firearms demand
Tatiana Moura  (Peace Studies Research Group and Observatory on Gender and Armed Violence /CES, University of Coimbra)
Rita Santos (Peace Studies Research Group /CES, University of Coimbra)

11:35/11:45 | Commentary
Pedro Krupenski (Amnesty International, Portugal)

11:45/12:15 | Discussion

12:15/14:00 | Lunch Break

 
3RD PANEL | DIFFERENTIATED EFFECTS OF ARMED VIOLENCE

14:00/14:20 | Direct impact of armed violence: deaths and injuries
Carla Afonso (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)

14:20/14:40 | Domestic violence and firearms
Tatiana Moura  (Peace Studies Research Group and Observatory on Gender and Armed Violence /CES, University of Coimbra)

14:40/15:00 | Costs of armed violence in Portugal: analysis of hospital costs
Joana Dias (Faculty of Economics - University of Coimbra)
Pedro Godinho (Faculty of Economics - University of Coimbra)

15:00/15:20 | For a cost analysis of fear in Portugal
Eduardo Barata (Faculty of Economics - University of Coimbra)
Luis Cruz (Faculty of Economics - University of Coimbra)

15:20/15:30 | Commentary
Manuel Lisboa* (SOCINOVA, New University of Lisbon)
Maria José Magalhães* (Union of Women Alternative and Response - UMAR)

15:30/16:00 | Discussion

16:00/16:15 | Coffee Break
 
 
4TH PANEL | STRATEGIES FOR ARMED VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION

16:15/16:35 | Portuguese legal system for arms and ammunition
Carla Afonso (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)
Marta Peça (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)

16:35/16:55 | Portugal, United Nations’ Program of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons and the elaboration process of the Arms Trade Treaty
Rita Santos (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)

16:55/17:05 | Commentary
Fernando Roque de Oliveira (Permanent Observatory on Small Arms Production, Trade and Proliferation, CNJP)

17:05/17:25 | Screening of a short documentary

17:25/17:35 | Commentary
António Guterres (Artistic Experiment Centre, Vale da Amoreira)

17:35/18:00 | Discussion

18:00/18:30 | Closing session
José Manuel Pureza (Peace Studies Research Group/CES, University of Coimbra)
Tatiana Moura  (Peace Studies Research Group and Observatory on Gender and Armed Violence /CES, University of Coimbra)
José Conde Rodrigues (Portuguese Assistant Secretary of State and Internal Affairs)

* To be confirmed

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