Katherine Young
Research & Monitoring Coordinator, Explosive Weapons Monitor (website)
twitter: @katetalbotyoung
email: katherine [at] explosiveweaponsmonitor [dot] org
phone: +1 860-508-9217 Skype: katherine.talbot
Research & Monitoring Coordinator, Explosive Weapons Monitor (website)
twitter: @katetalbotyoung
email: katherine [at] explosiveweaponsmonitor [dot] org
phone: +1 860-508-9217 Skype: katherine.talbot
explosive weapons in populated areas | Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Katherine Young is the Research & Monitoring Coordinator for the Explosive Weapons Monitor, a civil society research initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons. In addition to coordination this initiative, she conducts and oversees the development of research and analysis on harms from and practices of explosive weapon use in populated areas and supports the development of research methodologies and programs.
Young was previously Senior Researcher of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Monitor, a project of Control Arms. In this role she managed the production of flagship publications and conducted research in support of ATT implementation and transparency of the conventional arms trade. Prior to that she was the Program Manager of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, where she managed the day-to-day operations of the International Human Rights Clinic and supported research in areas such as humanitarian disarmament, business and human rights and accountability litigation.
Katherine Young is the Research & Monitoring Coordinator for the Explosive Weapons Monitor, a civil society research initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons. In addition to coordination this initiative, she conducts and oversees the development of research and analysis on harms from and practices of explosive weapon use in populated areas and supports the development of research methodologies and programs.
Young was previously Senior Researcher of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Monitor, a project of Control Arms. In this role she managed the production of flagship publications and conducted research in support of ATT implementation and transparency of the conventional arms trade. Prior to that she was the Program Manager of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, where she managed the day-to-day operations of the International Human Rights Clinic and supported research in areas such as humanitarian disarmament, business and human rights and accountability litigation.
Recent publications:
- "Work to Protect Civilians Begins—Not Ends—at the Dublin Conference to Endorse the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons," Disarmament Dialogue, humanitariandisarmament.org, November 16, 2022.
- "Adoption of Explosive Weapons Declaration to Mark Major Milestone in Protection of Civilians," Humanitarian Disarmament, June 13, 2022.
- "ATT Monitor 2021," Control Arms, August 31, 2021. *
- “Diversion-Prevention Measures,” “Transparency, Information Sharing and Diversion in the ATT,” and "ATT Annual Reports - Transparency in Arms Transfers," Control Arms, November 19, 2020. *
- "ATT Monitor 2020," Control Arms, August 19, 2020 *
* indicates additional authors