National Laws in South America

National Laws

Argentina

The webpage of National Arms Registry Registro Nacional de Armas (Renar) offers easy and direct access to all legislation updated daily on the subject of arms control,  providing an comprehensive account of the evolution and development of different subjects. In addition, you can follow-up your research by browsing subjects related to arms control.

Bolivia

The Bolivian government does not have an official webpage with norms related to arms control, so visit the webpage of the Inter-American Commission for the Control of Drug Abuse Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (Cicad) to obtain this information.

Brasil

Enter the webpage of the Fiscal Directory of Controlled Substances Diretoria de Fiscalização de Produtos Controlados (DFPD) and click on  "Legislação Básica" (Basic Legislation) where you will find all legislation on arms control in Brazil.

Chile

The Dirección General de Movilización Nacional (DGMN) offers a webpage with easy access to the legislation and norms on arms control and explosives. Updated periodically.

Colombia

The Colombian government does not maintain a webpage containing information related to effective arms control in the country, but you can find relevant norms on the CICAD webpage. You can also access some relevant Colombian laws online by clicking on the following links:

Constitución Colombiana de 1991, com reformas hasta 2005

Decreto 2535 por el cual se expiden normas sobre armas, municiones y explosivos de 17 de diciembre de 1993

Decreto 1809 de 3 de agosto de 1994 que modifica el Decreto 2535 de 1993

Ecuador

The Arms Department of Ecuador Departamento de Armas  de Ecuador offers a webpage where you can find legislation and norms related to effective arms control in the country.

Guyana

Little information on legislation on the subject of arms control in Guyana and the only two known legal documents are available on the CICAD´s page Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (Cicad).

Paraguay

The government of Paraguay does not have a webpage with a collection of legislation on arms control, but you can find relevant norms on CICAD´s site Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (Cicad).

Perú

The Peruvian Ministry of the Interior compiles arms-control legislation, which you can access directly, on its webpage.

Uruguay

The webpage of CICAD Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (Cicad) offers all relevant information on arms-control legislation, as Uruguay does not yet have an official webpage with all relevant norms.

Venezuela

Not much is available online related to arms-control legislation in Venezuela, but what is available online you can find on the page of the  Asamblea Nacional, Proyecto de Ley para el Desarme (National Assembly, Legal Project for Disarmament).