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Laura Varella

Laura Varella

Gender
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Manager | Reaching Critical Will
Languages:
English
Portuguese
Contact:
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Website: www.wilpf.org/

​Laura Varella is the Manager of Reaching Critical Will. She conducts advocacy and research on a wide range of disarmament issues, including nuclear weapons, autonomous weapons systems, explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA), and gender. She also monitors and reports on multilateral disarmament fora. Varella has a background in international human rights law.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the State of São Paulo and a LL.M in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Featured Publications

Ready for Negotiations

CCW Report | Volume 14, No. 4
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GGE Informal Consultation Discusses New Version of the Rolling Text in Preparation for the Final Session of the Group

Reaching Critical Will | June 24, 2026.
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Editorial: Artificial Intelligence Will Not Bring Us Peace

Reaching Critical Will | Volume 3, No. 1
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Publications

  • Ready for Negotiations
    CCW Report | Volume 14, No. 4
  • GGE Informal Consultation Discusses New Version of the Rolling Text in Preparation for the Final Session of the Group
    Reaching Critical Will | June 24, 2026.
  • Editorial: Artificial Intelligence Will Not Bring Us Peace
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 3, No. 1
  • Gendered Impacts of the Militarisation of Data-Intensive Systems
    Reaching Critical Will | June 11, 2026.
  • Work in Progress
    CCW Report | Volume 14, No. 2
  • Editorial: A New World Order Requires Bold Action
    editorial in "First Committee Monitor | Volume 23, No. 6
  • Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2025
    Mine Action Review | September 5, 2025.
  • 404 Page Not Found
    ICBL-CMC | September 5, 2025.
  • Guide to the Lausanne Action Plan and Results of 2025 Monitoring
    Mine Action Review | September 5, 2025.
  • Distributed deterrence: Europe’s new security logic and action plan
    PRIO Policy Brief | September 5, 2025.
  • New seizure evidences Iran-linked resupplies to the Houthis
    Yemen Field Dispatch | September 4, 2025.
  • The Results of Russia’s Crawling Summer Offensives
    Riddle | September 4, 2025.
  • President Trump is Undermining Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability
    Middle East Democracy Center | September 3, 2025.
  • How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage – and why climate change exacerbates the problem
    The Conversation | September 3, 2025.
  • Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean
    Just Security | September 3, 2025.
  • Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health
    BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal) | September 1, 2025.
  • Weapons of influence: tactics of a growing arms industry and needed health actions
    BMJ | September 1, 2025.
  • How the UK arms and supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza
    Campaign Against Arms Trade | September 1, 2025.
  • Time to Put People and the Planet Before Profits from the Arms Trade
    ATT Monitor | Volume 17, No. 2
  • Time to Put People and the Planet Before Profits from the Arms Trade
    ATT Monitor | Volume 17, No. 2
  • Bias in Military Artificial Intelligence and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
    SIPRI | August 27, 2025.
  • Disarmament is Always the Smartest Choice
    CCW Report | Volume 13, No. 2
  • Troubling Times Require Courage in the ATT and Beyond
    ATT Monitor | Volume 17, No. 1
  • Updated Briefing Paper for Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Delegations Regarding Arms Transfers to Israel
    Reaching Critical Will | February 20, 2025.
  • CCW Meeting Made Informal Due to Russia’s Objections to Civil Society
    CCW Report | Volume 12, No. 4
  • CCW Report, Vol. 12, No. 3
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 12, No. 3
  • Report of the Informal Consultation with Observers to the CCW
    Reaching Critical Will | June 6, 2024.
  • Briefing Paper for Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Delegations Regarding Arms Transfers to Israel
    Reaching Critical Will | May 15, 2024.
  • AWS Diplomacy Report
    Vol. 1 | Volume 1, No. 1
  • EWIPA Declaration Report
    Vol. 1 | Volume 1, No. 1
  • Briefing Paper for States that have Endorsed the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Regarding Israel’s Use of Explosive Weapons in Gaza
    Reaching Critical Will | April 18, 2024.
  • Report on the Sub-Working Group on Current and Emerging Implementation Issues
    "ATT Monitor | Volume 16, No. 2
  • CCW Report, Volume 11, No. 4
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 11, No. 4
  • First Committee Monitor: Volume 21, No. 5
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 21, No. 5
  • First Committee Monitor: Volume 21, No. 4
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 21, No. 4
  • First Committee Monitor: Volume 21, No. 3
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 21, No. 3
  • First Committee Monitor: Volume 21, No. 2
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 21, No. 2
  • Editorial: Procedural Tyranny Continues at the CCW
    Reaching Critical Will | Volume 10, No. 11

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