Omega Research Foundation Photo taken at an exhibition and demonstration hosted by FAME SAC (Peru) and attended by representatives from the police forces of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Panama248 The examples discussed above examine the Spanish Government’s obligation to prevent companies based in its jurisdiction from contributing to human rights violations abroad. South American companies also have such obligations and further research of the licensed production agreements involving South American companies would be useful, for example, with regard to the production of weapon parts which are produced in South America and then exported to companies based elsewhere. Omega encourages all states to examine their trade controls and to determine whether they are adequate to prevent licensed production agreements from being used to evade export controls. V.III REGIONAL CONTROLS Although this report does not include a detailed study of regional controls in South America, brief reference will be made to two instruments. Organisation of American States (OAS) The OAS adopted Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) in 1997 and it has been ratified by all South American states, thus enjoying legally-binding status. The Convention covers important issues such as the marking of firearms, information-sharing amongst State Parties and the 248 Official Facebook account of the Peruvian Ministry of Defence, photo uploaded on 18 September 2013, <https://www.facebook.com/ministeriodedefensa/photos/a.266343430074257.61131.257373387637928/591 798517528745/?type=1&theater> [accessed 1 June 2016]. 56