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Vidya Abhayagunawarden   Coordinator, Forum on Disarmament and Development, Sri Lanka 
Arms Trade Treaty | small arms and light weapons | landmines and cluster munitions
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Jeff Abramson Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy || Director, Forum on the Arms Trade
Arms Trade Treaty | landmines and cluster munitions | global trade data/trends
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Ray Acheson  Director, Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
drones | Arms Trade Treaty | killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas | gender | CCW

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Katherine Aguirre Tobón Researcher, Igarapé Institute (Brasil) 
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | gender
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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
Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development 
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Philip Alpers  Dir. Programmes, Centre for Armed Violence Reduction; Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Sydney  
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia (including Indo Pacific)

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Hiruni Alwishewa  Independent Expert   
Arms Trade Treaty I Export control, transfer policy and laws I harm to civilians ​
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Habbouba Aoun Director, Dept. of Community Engagement (Health Sciences), Univ. of Balamand
landmines and cluster munitions | Middle East
Peter Asaro
Peter Asaro  Associate Professor, School of Media Studies, New School (New York City)
killer robots | drones | cyber
Katrin Atkins
Katrin Atkins  Senior Researcher, RISKey
landmines and cluster munitions ​
David Atwood
David Atwood  Independent expert  
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | other instruments (PoA) | harm to civilians (SDGs) | Africa ​
Kathi Lynn Austin
Kathi Lynn Austin  Executive Director, Conflict Awareness Project
arms trafficking | environment | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development 
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Natalia Baez Zamudio
Natalia Báez Zamudio  Independent expert
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians - human rights
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Seth Binder
Seth Binder  Director of Advocacy, Middle East Democracy Center
arms sales | Middle East | security assistance
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Roos Boer  Project Leader, Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, PAX
explosive weapons in populated areas | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians
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Laura Boillot  Director, Article 36 | Coord., Intern'l Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
explosive weapons in populated areas | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians
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Matthew Breay Bolton  Co-director, International Disarmament Institute, Pace University
landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots | Arms Trade Treaty | CCW | harm to civilians | environment
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Mark Bromley Senior Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI
strategic trade control | global trade data/trends | SALW | Arms Trade Treaty | Latin America | Europe
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Martin Butcher Policy Advisor for IHL, Conflict and Arms, Oxfam International
Arms Trade Treaty | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | Europe 
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León Castellanos-Jankiewicz Snr Researcher, Asser Inst. for Int'l & Eur. Law, The Hague
Arms Trade Treaty | strategic trade control | Latin America | Europe | harm to civilians
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Brian Castner  Senior Crisis Advisor, Amnesty International
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians
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Lucia Centellas
Lucía Centellas  Executive Director, Esfuerzos de Mujeres Bolivianas (Bolivian Women's Efforts)
small arms and light weapons (SALW) I gender I other instruments
John Chappell
John Ramming Chappell  Advocacy & Legal Fellow, US Program, Center for Civilians in Conflict
arms sales | security assistance | export control, transfer policy and laws | harm to civilians
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Thompson Chengeta  European Council Research Fellow, University of Southampton
killer robots  | drones
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Purna Shova Chitrakar Founder, Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL)
landmines and cluster munitions | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Asia ​
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Helen Close  Research Associate, Omega Research Foundation
harm to civilians | global trade data/trends | other instruments
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Magda Coss
Magda Coss Nogueda  Independent expert
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | ​gender | Latin America 
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Verity Coyle
Verity Coyle  Senior Advisor - Amnesty International || Non-resident Fellow, Stimson Center
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | killer robots | ​gender | export control, transfer policy and laws 

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Anna Crowe Associate Dir, Int'l Human Rights Clinic, and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Arms Trade Treaty | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​
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Natalie Davidson Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law 
Arms Trade Treaty | cyber | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Kasia Derlicka-Rosenbauer
Kasia Derlicka-Rosenbauer  Deputy Director, ICBL-CMC 
landmines and cluster munitions
Maria Pia Devoto
Maria Pia Devoto  Director, Association for Public Policy-APP (Argentina)
Latin America | SALW | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | landmines and cluster munitions

Lode Dewaegheneire
Lode Dewaegheneire  Independent Expert, Fellow at University of Liège 
Arms Trade Treaty | landmines and cluster munitions | strategic trade control | killer robots
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Sara Elizabeth Dill  International criminal law and human rights lawyer, Anethum Global 
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | corruption | Middle East ​
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Bonnie Docherty Dir, ACCPI, Int'l Hmn Rights Clinic, Harvard Law; Snr Arms Advisor, HRW
killer robots | landmines, cluster munitions | harm to civilians | CCW | explosive weapons in populated areas
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Gugu Dube  Researcher, Automated Decision Research team ​for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Africa | SALW | landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots 
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Geoffrey L. Duke
Geoffrey L. Duke  Head of Secretariat, South Sudan Action Network on Small Arms
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty | Africa | harm to civilians
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Nils Duquet  Director, Flemish Peace Institute
global trade data/trends | SALW | Europe | arms trafficking | 
strategic trade control  

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Cindy Ebbs  Independent Expert
Arms Trade Treaty
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Nico Edwards  Doctoral Researcher and Civil Society Advisor, University of Sussex
environment
Hassan El-Tayyab
Hassan El-Tayyab Legislative Director, Middle East Policy, Friends Comm. on National Legislation
Middle East
Jennifer L. Erickson
​Jennifer L. Erickson Associate Professor of Political Science and Int'l Studies, Boston College
arms sales | Arms Trade Treaty | other instruments ​
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Andrew Feinstein  Executive Director, Shadow World Investigations
corruption | arms sales | 
Africa
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Tamar Gabelnick  Director, ICBL-CMC 
landmines and cluster munitions
Kelsey Gallagher
Kelsey Gallagher Researcher, Project Ploughshares 
global trade data/trends | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) ​
Henrique Garbino
Henrique Garbino   Doctoral candidate, Swedish Defense University
landmines and cluster munitions | SALW | explosive weapons in populated areas | harm to civilians
Denise Garcia
Denise Garcia Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Northeastern University
Arms Trade Treaty | international instruments
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Alistair Gee  Executive Director, Centre for Armed Violence Reduction
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Asia | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​
Mathew George
Mathew George  Project Director, Arms Transfers Programme, SIPRI 
global trade data/trends | Asia | arms sales | defense industry
Goldring
Natalie Goldring Visiting Professor, Duke University || UN Consultant, Acronym Institute
arms sales | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty | other instruments
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Goodman
Colby Goodman Senior Researcher, Transparency International (TI) Defence & Security, TI-US
security assistance | export control, transfer policy and laws | Africa
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Hector Guerra independent expert
SALW | landmines & cluster munitions | ATT | other instruments | Latin America | harm to civilians
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Tomas Hamilton
Tomas Hamilton Adjunct Faculty, University of Amsterdam and Guernica 37 Chambers, London
Arms Trade Treaty | arms trafficking | harm to civilians | Europe | Asia
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William Hartung Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
defense industry (and offsets) | export control | F-35 | security assistance | Middle East
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Lauriane Héau  Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control, SIPRI
global trade data/trends |  Europe
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Alexandra Hiniker ​Independent expert
landmines/cluster munitions | Asia | Middle East
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Paul Holden  Director of Investigations, Shadow World Investigations
corruption
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Erin Hunt  Executive Director, Mines Action Canada
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landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots ​| explosive weapons in populated areas | gender
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Adam Isacson Snr. Assoc. of Regional Security Policy, Washington Office of Latin America (WOLA)
Latin America | security assistance 
 
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Roy Isbister Arms Unit, Saferworld UK
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe​
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Cesar Jaramillo  Executive Director, SANE Policy Institute
global trade data/trends | killer robots | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
N.R. Jenzen-Jones
N.R. Jenzen-Jones Director, Armament Research Services (ARES)
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | arms trafficking

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Raza Shah Khan  Executive Director, Sustainable Peace And Development Organization (SPADO) 
Asia | landmines and cluster munitions | SALW | explosive weapons in populated areas 

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Daryl G. Kimball  Executive Director, Arms Control Association
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arms sales | landmines and cluster munitions
Elizabeth Kirkham
Elizabeth Kirkham  Arms Unit Senior Advisor, Saferworld 
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe​
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Adèle Kirsten Independent expert
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Africa
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Michael Klare Senior Visiting Fellow, Arms Control Association
arms sales | killer robots | drones | Asia
Ursala Knudsen-Latta
Ursala Knudsen-Latta Legislative Director, Peacebuilding, Friends Comm. on National Legislation
landmines and cluster munitions I gender 
Matt Korda
Matt Korda  Associate Director for the Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
drones | defense industry
Koulabdara
Sera Koulabdara CEO, Legacies of War 
landmines and cluster munitions
Kullman
William F. Kullman  Independent expert
small arms and light weapons (SALW) |  other instruments
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Guy Lamb
​Guy Lamb Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Africa
Langeani
​Bruno Langeani  Consultant, Instituto Sou da Paz
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America | arms trafficking
Laurance
Edward J. Laurance Former Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians | international instruments
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Lindsay-Poland
John Lindsay-Poland Coordinator, Project to Stop US Arms to Mexico
Latin America | security assistance 

Hine-Wai Loose
Hine-Wai Loose Director, Control Arms
Arms Trade Treaty
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Gisela Luján Andrade  Founder, Perú por el Desarme
killer robots | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development I Latin America 
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Daniel Mack
Daniel Mack Senior Independent consultant
small arms and light weapons (SALW) |  Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | harm to civilians
Giovanna Maleta
Giovanna Maletta   Senior Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme, SIPRI 
​strategic trade control | Europe | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | SALW | other instruments
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Ara Marcen Naval  Independent Consultant
Arms Trade Treaty | corruption | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Branka Marijan
Branka Marijan   Senior Researcher, Project Ploughshares
killer robots
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Shana Marshall   Assoc. Dir. & Asst. Res. Prof., Inst. for Middle East Studies, George Washington U.
Middle East | corruption | defense industry | arms sales
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Nicholas Marsh Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | global trade data/trends | 
arms trafficking
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Jesús Martínez  Independent expert
Latin America | harm to civilians | landmines and cluster munitions
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Montserrat Martínez Téllez  Research consultant on gender and armed violence, 24-0 Mexico
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | harm to civilians
Stephen Miles
Stephen Miles  Independent expert
arms sales | defense industry | Middle East 

Elizabeth Minor
Elizabeth Minor  Advisor, Article 36
drones | harm to civilians | killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
​Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan Independent expert
landmines and cluster munitions | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia
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Robert Muggah Co-founder & Research Director at Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Group
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | global trade data/trends | harm to civilians | arms trafficking
Wanda Munoz
Wanda Muñoz Inclusion, Victim Assistance, and Humanitarian Disarmament Expert
harm to civilians  | gender | killer robots | landmines and cluster munitions  

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Folade Mutota Executive Director, WINAD (Trinidad and Tobago)
gender | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America (Caribbean) | ATT ​
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Jasmin Nario-Galace Senior Program Director, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Asia | harm to civilians | ATT | Other instruments
Nasser
Afrah Nasser Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC
human rights | Middle East (Yemen)
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Amy Nelson Fellow, Brookings Institute
international instruments | export control, transfer policy and laws | strategic trade control
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Linnet Ng'ayu
​Linnet L. Wairimu Ng'ayu Coordinator, Africa Family Law Network 
Arms Trade Treaty | Africa
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Nancy Okail
Nancy Okail President and CEO, Center for International Policy
Middle East | arms sales | security assistance | harm to civilians | corruption
Iain Overton
Iain Overton  Executive Director, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)
small arms and light weapons | explosive weapons | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians

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Josh Paul
Josh Paul   Senior Advisor, DAWN  
arms sales | security assistance | export control, transfer policy and laws | Middle East
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Scott Paul   Senior Manager, Humanitarian Policy, Oxfam America  
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | Middle East (Yemen)
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Carlos Pérez Ricart  Assistant Professor in International Relations, CIDE
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW)
Samuel Perlo-Freeman
Samuel Perlo-Freeman  Research Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade (UK)
defense industry | global arms trade data/trends | corruption 
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Loren Persi  Impact research team leader, Landmine and Cluster Munition Moniton
landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians - casualties | explosive weapons in populated areas
Michael Picard
Michael Picard Independent Expert
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | defense industry | corruption
Stacey Pizzino
Stacey Pizzino Researcher, University of Queensland
landmines and cluster munitions I harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
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Natália Pollachi Project Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz (Brasil) 
small arms and light weapons | Latin America | gender | arms trafficking
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Allison Pytlak Program Lead, Cyber Program, Stimson Center ​
cyber | gender
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Josh Ruebner  Director of Government Relations, Institute for Middle East Understanding
arms sales (Israel) | security assistance (Palestinian Authority) | Middle East
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Sara San Martín Romero Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, México
Latin America | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Markus Schindler
Markus Schindler  ​Program Manager, Fondation suisse de déminage (FSD)
landmines and cluster munitions | small arms and light weapons (SALW) 
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Patrick Senft  ​Research Coordinator, Armament Research Services
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | arms trafficking
Stephen Semler
Stephen Semler  ​Co-Founder, Security Policy Reform Institute 
security assistance | defense industry
Camilo Serna
Camilo Serna  Deputy Director and Co-Founder, Colombia Campaign Against Landmines (CCCM)
landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots | Latin America
Annie Shiel
Annie Shiel US Advocacy Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
arms sales | security assistance | explosive weapons in populated areas | harm to civilians
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Shobha Shrestha
Shobha Pradhan Shrestha Founder & Exec. Chair, Women for Peace & Democracy - Nepal
killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas | Asia
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Stephen Mwachofi Singo Deputy Director, Security Research & Information Centre
Africa | small arms and light weapons (SALW)
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Frank Slijper Project Leader, Arms Trade, PAX
Arms Trade Treaty | global trade data/trends | Europe
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Nate Smith
Nate Smith   Co-Chair, Military, Security and Policy Co-Group, Amnesty International USA
arms sales | export control, transfer policy and laws | harm to civilians 
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Ayman Sorour Executive Director, Protection Against Armaments and Consequences
Middle East | landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots
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Emma Soubrier   Director, PRISME Initiative
global trade data/trends | Europe | Middle East ​
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Jen Spindel
Jen Spindel   Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire
global trade data/trends | arms sales | cyber
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Alexandra Stark
Alexandra Stark Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation 
arms sales | security assistance | Middle East ​
Stavrianakis
Anna Stavrianakis Prof. Int'l Relations, U Sussex || Dir Res. & Strat. Shadow World Investigations
Arms Trade Treaty | Europe
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Rachel Stohl Senior Vice President of Research Programs, Stimson Center
Arms Trade Treaty | drones | US policy and practice | global trade data/trends
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Avihai Stollar Human rights researcher, Breaking the Silence 
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | killer robots | Middle East | harm to civilians 
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Alma Taslidžan Disarmament & Protection of Civilians Adv. Manager, Humanity & Inclusion
landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians | explosive weapons in populated areas 
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Ari Tolany  Director, Security Assistance Monitor, Center for International Policy
arms sales | security assistance | Asia | harm to civilians
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Sahar Vardi independent expert
​Middle East
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Andrea Varisco  Independent Expert; ATT Monitor Project Lead; Assoc. Senior Researcher, SIPRI
global trade data/trends | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | arms trafficking 
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Francesco Vignarca National Coordinator, Rete Italiana per il Disarmo
Europe | drones | killer robots | explosive weapons in populated areas | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
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Vittori
Jodi Vittori   Professor, Georgetown Univ. School of Foreign Service  ||  Fellow, Carnegie Endow.
​corruption | defense industry | Middle East
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Racheal Wanyana Gender, international law and security expert
​Gender
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Leah Wawro independent expert
​corruption
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Eugenio Weigend Vargas Research Fellow, Inst. for Firearm Injury Prevention, Univ. Michigan 
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) 
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Doug Weir
Doug Weir Research and Policy Director, The Conflict and Environment Observatory 
environment
Pieter Wezeman
Pieter D. Wezeman Senior Researcher, Arms Transfers Programme, SIPRI  
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global trade data/trends | arms sales | Middle East | Europe
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Sarah Leah Whitson  Executive Director, DAWN
Middle East | arms sales | Harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
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Wilcken
Patrick Wilcken Researcher, Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty Int'l secretariat 
​Latin America | global trade data/trends | Middle East
Hannah Wild
Hannah Wild General Surgery Resident, University of Washington
​explosive weapons in populated areas I harm to civilians I landmines and cluster munitions
Adrian Wilkinson
Adrian Wilkinson Independent consultant 
arms trafficking | explosive weapons in populated areas| landmines/cluster munitions | SALW | export control
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Cristian Wittmann Professor, Universidade Federal do Pampa 
landmines and cluster munitions | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | Latin America | other instruments
Eric Woods
Eric Woods Researcher, Conflict Armament Research
export control, transfer policy and laws  | Europe
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Sarah Yager  Washington Director, Human Rights Watch
harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development | security assistance | arms sales​
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Katherine Young  Research & Monitoring Manager, Explosive Weapons Monitor
explosive weapons in populated areas | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | harm to civilians
Yousif
Elias Yousif  Research Analyst, Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center
security assistance | Middle East | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development ​
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Zwijnenburg
Wim Zwijnenburg Project Leader in Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX (Netherlands)
environment | Arms Trade Treaty | drones
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