Roos Boer
Project Leader, Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, PAX (website)
email: boer [at] paxforpeace [dot] nl
twitter: @rboer
phone: +31 6 5321 9954
Project Leader, Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, PAX (website)
email: boer [at] paxforpeace [dot] nl
twitter: @rboer
phone: +31 6 5321 9954
explosive weapons in populated areas | landmines and cluster munitions | harm to civilians
Roos Boer leads the Explosive Weapons in Populated project at PAX, based in the Netherlands. As one of the co-founding members of the International Network on Explosive Weapons, Boer co-published several reports on explosive weapons in populated areas, based on field missions as well as more policy oriented publications. Boer holds a masters degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, and has been working on a range of humanitarian disarmament issues since 2007, including negotiations on the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences arising from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas.
Roos Boer leads the Explosive Weapons in Populated project at PAX, based in the Netherlands. As one of the co-founding members of the International Network on Explosive Weapons, Boer co-published several reports on explosive weapons in populated areas, based on field missions as well as more policy oriented publications. Boer holds a masters degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, and has been working on a range of humanitarian disarmament issues since 2007, including negotiations on the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences arising from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas.
Recent Publications:
- "After the Blast; Mapping environmental risks from explosive weapons in Ukrainian towns and cities," PAX, April 2024.*
- "Not a Single Body in One Piece; How Civilian Harm from Explosive Weapons in Yemen Calls for Immediate Action," Mwatana for Human Rights and PAX, December 2022.*
- "Impact on Healthcare from Bombing and Shelling in Ukraine," PAX, November 2022.
- "Put out The Fire; Strengthening International Law and Divestment policies on Incendiary Weapons," PAX, December 2021.*
- "Seeing through the Rubble; The civilian impact of the use of explosive weapons in the fight against ISIS," Airwars and PAX, November 2020.*
- "Operating under Fire; The Effects of Explosive Weapons on Health Care in the East of Ukraine," Harvard Law Schoo'ls International Human Rights Clinic and PAX, May 2017.*
- COLLATERAL; The human cost of explosive violence in Ukraine, OCHA and PAX, September 2015.*
* indicates additional authors