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Jeff Abramson

Jeff Abramson

Senior Fellow
Center for International Policy
Director
Forum on the Arms Trade
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Global
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Katherine Aguirre Tobón

Katherine Aguirre Tobón

Researcher
Igarapé Institute
Gender
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Linda Åkerström

Linda Åkerström

Policy and Advocacy Manager
Amnesty International, Sweden
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Radhya al-Mutawakel

Radhya al-Mutawakel

Chairperson and Co-Founder
Mwatana for Human Rights
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Julián Alfie

Julián Alfie

Executive Director
Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales y Sociales (INECIP), Argentina
Gender
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Philip Alpers

Philip Alpers

Director of Programmes
Centre for Armed Violence Reduction
Assoc. Professor
Univ. of Sydney
Asia/Oceania
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Hiruni Alwishewa

Hiruni Alwishewa

Independent Expert
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Harm to Civilians
United States
Habbouba Aoun

Habbouba Aoun

Director
Department of Community Engagement, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
David Atwood

David Atwood

Independent expert
Africa
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Seth Binder

Seth Binder

Director of Policy and Government Relations
American Committee for Middle East Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Charles (Cob) Blaha

Charles (Cob) Blaha

Senior Advisor
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Mark Bromley

Mark Bromley

Senior Researcher
Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Global
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Martin Butcher

Martin Butcher

Policy Advisor for IHL
Conflict and Arms, Oxfam International
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz

León Castellanos-Jankiewicz

Senior Researcher
Asser Institute for International and European Law, The Hague
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Tessa Cerisier

Tessa Cerisier

Independent Expert
Gender
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
John Ramming Chappell

John Ramming Chappell

Senior Non Resident Fellow
Center for International Policy
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
Purna Shova Chitrakar

Purna Shova Chitrakar

Founder
Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL)
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Asia/Oceania
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Jack Cinamon

Jack Cinamon

Researcher & Parliamentary Liaison
Shadow World Investigations
Research Co-coordinator
Corruption Tracker
Corruption
Implications
Regional Expertise
United States
Helen Close

Helen Close

Research Associate
Omega Research Foundation
Global
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Other International Instruments
Magda Coss Nogueda

Magda Coss Nogueda

Independent consultant
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Gender
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Verity Coyle

Verity Coyle

Deputy Director
Arms in the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division, Human Right Watch
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Gender
United States
Maria Pia Devoto

Maria Pia Devoto

Director
Association for Public Policy-APP
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Geoffrey L. Duke

Geoffrey L. Duke

Head of Secretariat
South Sudan Action Network on Small Arms
Africa
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Nils Duquet

Nils Duquet

Director
Flemish Peace Institute
Arms Trafficking
Europe
Global
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Hassan El-Tayyab

Hassan El-Tayyab

Legislative Director
Middle East Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Jennifer L. Erickson

Jennifer L. Erickson

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Boston College
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Other International Instruments
United States
Andrew Feinstein

Andrew Feinstein

Executive Director
Shadow World Investigations
Africa
Corruption
United States
Kelsey Gallagher

Kelsey Gallagher

Researcher
Project Ploughshares
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Global
Vicki Gass

Vicki Gass

Executive Director
Latin America Working Group
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Alistair Gee

Alistair Gee

Executive Director
Centre for Armed Violence Reduction
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Asia/Oceania
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Mathew George

Mathew George

Project Director
Arms Transfers Programme, SIPRI
Asia/Oceania
Global
United States
Natalie Goldring

Natalie Goldring

Visiting Professor of the Practice
Duke University
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
United States
Colby Goodman

Colby Goodman

Senior Researcher
Transparency International (TI) Defence & Security (website) and TI-United States
Africa
United States
Hector Guerra

Hector Guerra

independent expert
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Harm to Civilians
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Tomas Hamilton

Tomas Hamilton

Guernica 37 Chambers
London (website) and Adjunct Faculty, University of Amsterdam
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Arms Trafficking
Asia/Oceania
Europe
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Shahd Hammouri

Shahd Hammouri

Lecturer in Law
University of Kent
Harm to Civilians
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Sarah Harrison

Sarah Harrison

Nonresident Fellow
Stimson Center
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
William Hartung

William Hartung

Principal Advisor
Project on Government Oversight
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Lauriane Héau

Lauriane Héau

Researcher
Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Europe
Global
Alexandra Hiniker

Alexandra Hiniker

Independent expert
Asia/Oceania
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Tove Holmström

Tove Holmström

War crimes investigator
Asia/Oceania
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Adam Isacson

Adam Isacson

Director for Defense Oversight
WOLA
Latin America
United States
Roy Isbister

Roy Isbister

Arms Unit
Saferworld
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Cesar Jaramillo

Cesar Jaramillo

Executive Director
SANE Policy Institute
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Global
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Megan Karlshøj-Pedersen

Megan Karlshøj-Pedersen

Policy Specialist
Airwars
Europe
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Raza Shah Khan

Raza Shah Khan

Executive Director
Sustainable Peace And Development Organization (SPADO) - Pakistan
Asia/Oceania
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Daryl G. Kimball

Daryl G. Kimball

Executive Director
Arms Control Association
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
United States
Elizabeth Kirkham

Elizabeth Kirkham

Arms Unit Senior Advisor
Saferworld
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Global
Adèle Kirsten

Adèle Kirsten

Independent expert
South African Medical Research Council
Commissioner
Lancet Commission on Global Gun Violence and Health
Africa
Gender
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Michael Klare

Michael Klare

Senior Visiting Fellow
Arms Control Association
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Asia/Oceania
United States
Amanda Klasing

Amanda Klasing

National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy
Amnesty International USA
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
Matt Korda

Matt Korda

Associate Director for the Nuclear Information Project
Federation of American Scientists
United States
Guy Lamb

Guy Lamb

Senior Lecturer
Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Africa
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Bruno Langeani

Bruno Langeani

Consultant
Instituto Sou da Paz
Arms Trafficking
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
John Lindsay-Poland

John Lindsay-Poland

Coordinator
Project to Stop US Arms to Mexico
Latin America
United States
Gisela Luján Andrade

Gisela Luján Andrade

Founder
Perú por el Desarme
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Daniel Mack

Daniel Mack

Senior Independent Consultant
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Arms Trafficking
Global
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Disarmament
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Alfredo Malaret Baldo

Alfredo Malaret Baldo

Independent Expert
Arms Trafficking
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Giovanna Maletta

Giovanna Maletta

Senior Researcher
Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Nicholas Marsh

Nicholas Marsh

Senior Researcher
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Arms Trafficking
Global
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Shana Marshall

Shana Marshall

Associate Director & Assistant Research Professor
Institute for Middle East Studies,
Corruption
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Jesús Martínez

Jesús Martínez

Independent expert
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Latin America
Montserrat Martínez Téllez

Montserrat Martínez Téllez

Research consultant on gender and armed violence
24-0 Mexico
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Stephen Miles

Stephen Miles

Independent expert
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

Independent Expert
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Asia/Oceania
Gender
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Ana Lucía Mucci

Ana Lucía Mucci

Researcher
Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales y Sociales (INECIP)
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah

Co-founder and Research Director
Igarapé Institute (Brazil) and the SecDev Group (Canada)
Arms Trafficking
Global
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Folade Mutota

Folade Mutota

Executive Director
Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD)
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Gender
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Jasmin Nario-Galace

Jasmin Nario-Galace

Senior Program Director
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Asia/Oceania
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Afrah Nasser

Afrah Nasser

Non-resident Fellow
Arab Center Washington DC
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Amy Nelson

Amy Nelson

Fellow
Brookings Institution
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Harm to Civilians
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Linnet L. Wairimu Ng'ayu

Linnet L. Wairimu Ng'ayu

Coordinator
Africa Family Law Network
Africa
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Nancy Okail

Nancy Okail

President and CEO
Center for International Policy
Corruption
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Dickson Orji

Dickson Orji

Independent Expert
Africa
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Josh Paul

Josh Paul

Senior Advisor
DAWN
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Scott Paul

Scott Paul

Senior Manager
Humanitarian Policy, Oxfam America
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Carlos Pérez Ricart

Carlos Pérez Ricart

Assistant Professor in International Relations
Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Samuel Perlo-Freeman

Samuel Perlo-Freeman

Research Coordinator
Campaign Against Arms Trade, UK
Corruption
Global
United States
Michael Picard

Michael Picard

Independent Expert
Corruption
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
United States
Natália Pollachi

Natália Pollachi

Project Director
Instituto Sou da Paz
Arms Trafficking
Gender
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Ruth Rohde

Ruth Rohde

Researcher and Project Coordinator
Shadow World Investigations UK || Program Manager, Arms Trade Corruption Tracker
Corruption
Europe
Josh Ruebner

Josh Ruebner

Policy Director
Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Sara San Martín Romero

Sara San Martín Romero

Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos
México
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
María del Carmen Sánchez Mora

María del Carmen Sánchez Mora

Independent expert
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Latin America
Stephen Semler

Stephen Semler

Co-Founder
Security Policy Reform Institute (SPRI)
United States
Camilo Serna

Camilo Serna

Deputy Director and Co-Founder
Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas (CCCM)
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Latin America
Annelle Sheline

Annelle Sheline

Research Fellow
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Annie Shiel

Annie Shiel

US Advocacy Director
Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
Shobha Pradham Shrestha

Shobha Pradham Shrestha

Founder and Executive Chair
Women for Peace and Democracy (WPD)–Nepal
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Asia/Oceania
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Stephen Mwachofi Singo

Stephen Mwachofi Singo

Deputy Director
Security Research & Information Centre
Africa
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Frank Slijper

Frank Slijper

Project Leader
Arms Trade, PAX
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Nate Smith

Nate Smith

Co-chair
Military, Security and Policy Co-Group, Amnesty International USA
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
Ayman Sorour

Ayman Sorour

Executive Director
Protection Against Armaments and Consequences
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Emma Soubrier

Emma Soubrier

Director
PRISME Initiative
Europe
Global
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Jen Spindel

Jen Spindel

Associate Professor of Political Science
University of New Hampshire
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Global
United States
Alexandra Stark

Alexandra Stark

Associate Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Anna Stavrianakis

Anna Stavrianakis

Professor of International Relations
University of Sussex || Director of Research and Strategy at Shadow World Investigations.
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Rachel Stohl

Rachel Stohl

Senior Vice President of Research Programs
Stimson Center
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Global
Regional Expertise
Avihai Stollar

Avihai Stollar

Human rights researcher
Breaking the Silence
AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Angélica Suárez

Angélica Suárez

Lawyer
International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Latin America
Claire Taylor

Claire Taylor

Independent Expert
Africa
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Ari Tolany

Ari Tolany

Director
Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy (web)
Asia/Oceania
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
United States
Gabriel Mondragon Toledo

Gabriel Mondragon Toledo

Professor of International Relations and Political Science
Tec de Monterrey,UDLAP, and BUAP
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Other International Instruments
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
United States
Sahar Vardi

Sahar Vardi

Independent expert
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Andrea Edoardo Varisco

Andrea Edoardo Varisco

Independent Expert
ATT Monitor Project Lead
Associate Senior Researcher
SIPRI
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Arms Trafficking
Global
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Francesco Vignarca

Francesco Vignarca

Campaigns Coordinator
Rete Italiana per il Disarmo
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Europe
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Jodi Vittori

Jodi Vittori

Professor of Practice & co-chair
Global Politics and Security program, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Non-Resident Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Corruption
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Research Fellow
Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan
Arms Trafficking
Latin America
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Pieter D. Wezeman

Pieter D. Wezeman

Senior Researcher
Arms Transfers Programme, SIPRI
Europe
Global
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Sarah Leah Whitson

Sarah Leah Whitson

Independent Expert
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States
Patrick Wilcken

Patrick Wilcken

Researcher
Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty International secretariat
Global
Latin America
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Adrian Wilkinson

Adrian Wilkinson

Independent Consultant
Arms Trafficking
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
United States
Cristian Wittmann

Cristian Wittmann

Professor
Universidade Federal do Pampa
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Latin America
Other International Instruments
Eric Woods

Eric Woods

Researcher
Conflict Armament Research
Europe
United States
Elias Yousif

Elias Yousif

Research Analyst
Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center
Harm to Civilians
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
United States

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