Lode Dewaegheneire
Independent Expert, Fellow at University of Liège
twitter: @lodedew
email: lode [dot] dewaegheneire [at] outlook [dot] com
Independent Expert, Fellow at University of Liège
twitter: @lodedew
email: lode [dot] dewaegheneire [at] outlook [dot] com
Killer Robots | Arms Trade Treaty | land mines and cluster munitions | strategic trade control
Lode Dewaegheneire is a fellow at the University of Liège (Belgium) and an independent expert. His main research field is transparency in disarmament and its impact on the implementation of disarmament and arms control treaties. Other fields of research are (EU) dual-use export control regime and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Dewaegheneire has been working in humanitarian disarmament for many years and was Coordinator for Article 7 Reporting in both the Anti-personal Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions. He also worked for three years in the Verification Division of the OPCW where he was responsible for the yearly Verification Implementation Report. Currently he is also working with Mines Action Canada on an outreach project to active military and veterans to raise awareness about killer robots.
Dewaegheneire holds a Master's Degree in Military and Social Sciences from the Royal Military Academy (Brussels) and in International Relations from the University of Liège.
Lode Dewaegheneire is a fellow at the University of Liège (Belgium) and an independent expert. His main research field is transparency in disarmament and its impact on the implementation of disarmament and arms control treaties. Other fields of research are (EU) dual-use export control regime and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Dewaegheneire has been working in humanitarian disarmament for many years and was Coordinator for Article 7 Reporting in both the Anti-personal Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions. He also worked for three years in the Verification Division of the OPCW where he was responsible for the yearly Verification Implementation Report. Currently he is also working with Mines Action Canada on an outreach project to active military and veterans to raise awareness about killer robots.
Dewaegheneire holds a Master's Degree in Military and Social Sciences from the Royal Military Academy (Brussels) and in International Relations from the University of Liège.
Recent publications:
- "Comment la Belgique peut arrêter les robots tueurs," Le Soir, May 9, 2022.
- "Why (ex-) military should express their concerns on fully autonomous weapon systems," self-published on LinkedIn, February 16, 2021.
- "The importance of Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Reporting for the implementation of the Oslo Action Plan," Commentaries, European Studies Unit, University of Liège, April 30, 2020.