3.3 Arms Trafficking

The trade's faces: the conflict zones' flows (the post-conflict stocks), the small arms-and-light weapons (SALW) — the killing machinery's mass market; the ammunition's routes. The Nepal context: the conflict-era weapons' legacy (the peace process's management — the cantonment- and-verification world); the border's flows (the smuggling routes). The law: the Arms and Ammunition Act 2019 B.S. (the licensing regime; the possession offences), the Criminal Code 2074's faces; the Palermo firearms protocol; the UN small-arms programme of action's faces. The enforcement: the customs-and-police cooperation; the stockpile management's discipline.