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Roos Boer

Roos Boer

Harm to Civilians
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Project Leader | Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, PAX
Languages:
Dutch
English
Contact:
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Phone:
+31 6 5321 9954
Website: www.paxforpeace.nl

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.

Featured Publications

After the Blast; Mapping environmental risks from explosive weapons in Ukrainian towns and cities

PAX | April 2024
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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
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Impact on Healthcare from Bombing and Shelling in Ukraine

PAX | November 2022
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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

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