Avihai Stollar
Human rights researcher, Breaking the Silence (website)
twitter: @AvihaiStollar
email: avi [dot] stollar [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: +351912745627
Human rights researcher, Breaking the Silence (website)
twitter: @AvihaiStollar
email: avi [dot] stollar [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: +351912745627
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | killer robots | Middle East | harm to civilians
Avihai Stollar is a human rights researcher and arms specialist. For the past 13 years he has been working with the Israeli anti-occupation veterans group Breaking the Silence. He has held various research positions in the organization and currently leads the research work in an extensive inquiry into Israel's military tactics in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Stollar also is currently an international politics PhD student in the University of Coimbra in Portugal. His research thesis focuses on autonomous weapon systems and the political mechanisms that guide their international regulation. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Human Rights Law from the University of London, an MA in international development and a BA in international relations, both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Aside from his research commitments, Stollar often provides consultancy to journalists, scholars, and human rights researchers on matters relating to arms and military structures, mostly in regard to the Israeli armed forces. He is also a member of the Justice Rapid Response international crime investigators roster.
Recent Publications:
Avihai Stollar is a human rights researcher and arms specialist. For the past 13 years he has been working with the Israeli anti-occupation veterans group Breaking the Silence. He has held various research positions in the organization and currently leads the research work in an extensive inquiry into Israel's military tactics in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Stollar also is currently an international politics PhD student in the University of Coimbra in Portugal. His research thesis focuses on autonomous weapon systems and the political mechanisms that guide their international regulation. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Human Rights Law from the University of London, an MA in international development and a BA in international relations, both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Aside from his research commitments, Stollar often provides consultancy to journalists, scholars, and human rights researchers on matters relating to arms and military structures, mostly in regard to the Israeli armed forces. He is also a member of the Justice Rapid Response international crime investigators roster.
Recent Publications:
- "10 years since ‘Cast Lead’: How Israel first declared total war on Gaza," +972 Magazine, February 5, 2019.
- "What’s causing unusual bullet wounds among Gaza protesters?," +972 Magazine, June 13, 2018.
- "How I became involved with Breaking the Silence," +972 Magazine, May 6, 2015.