About Us

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor is the knowledge leader on the landmines, cluster munitions, and explosive remnants issues in large part due to the strength of its global research network. The research network includes in-country researchers located in every region of the world, a diverse Editorial Team, and a Monitoring and Research Committee composed of leading human rights, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. Together, these experts contribute their knowledge of ban policy, mine action, and victim assistance to Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor’s vigorous research, editing and publication process.

Monitoring and Research Committee

Content produced by the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor initiative is reviewed by a nine-member Monitoring and Research Committee (MRC) composed of:

• Paul Hannon, Mines Action Canada
• Bruno Leclercq , Handicap International
• Stephen Goose, Human Rights Watch
• Katherine Harrison, Action on Armed Violence
• Atle Karlsen, Norwegian People's Aid
• Loren Persi Vicentic, ICBL-CMC
• Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL-CMC
• Sylvie Brigot-Vilain, ICBL-CMC
• Jeff Abramson, ICBL-CMC

MRC members review the content produced by the Monitor to ensure that all reporting measures up to Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor’s high standards. The Monitor Program Manager, under the ICBL-CMC, is responsible for the coordination and management of research, editing, and production of all Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor research products.

Program Staff

A small staff carries out the daily management of the initiative.

• Jeff Abramson, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Program Manager (Washington, DC, USA)
• Morgan McKenna, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Program Assistant (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Patrick Durst, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Intern (Geneva, Switzerland)

Editorial Team

The Editorial Team conducts research, guides, and supports the work of in-country researchers, and conducts preliminary edits of report content.

Ban Policy

• Team leader: Stephen Goose, Human Rights Watch (USA)
• Katherine Harrison, Action on Armed Violence (UK)
• Mark Hiznay, Human Rights Watch (USA)
• Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Mines Action Canada (Canada)
• Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch (USA)
• Kate Castenson, Human Rights Watch (USA)

Mine Action and Support for Mine Action

• Team leader: Atle Karlsen, Norwegian People’s Aid (Lao PDR)
• Kathryn Millett (Coordinator), Norwegian People's Aid (Switzerland)
• Nick Cumming-Bruce, Norwegian People’s Aid (France)
• Mike Kendellen, ICBL-CMC (USA)

Casualties and Victim Assistance

• Megan Burke, ICBL-CMC (Nicaragua)
• Loren Persi Vicentic, ICBL-CMC (Serbia)

Country/ Area Researchers

In-country researchers gather information on the ground in their country or area—information that in many cases could not be gathered remotely. These researchers are drawn from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC)’s campaigning coalition and from other elements of civil society, including journalists, academics, and research institutions

• Abkhazia: Elena Kuvichko
• Afghanistan: Sulaiman Safdar
• Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates: Ayman Sorour
• Andorra, Spain: Maria Josep Pares
• Angola: Ania Kudarewska
• Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago: Hector Guerra
• Argentina, Ecuador, Falklands/Malvinas, Paraguay: Maria Pia Devoto
• Belarus: Iouri Zagoumennov
• Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritius, Niger: Thea Ruggia
• Belgium: Hildegarde Vansintjan
• Bolivia: Maria Pia Devoto
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Amir Mujanovic; Suzana Srnic Vukovic
• Canada: Paul Hannon
• Croatia, Montenegro: Suzana Srnic Vukovic
• Brazil: Gustavo Oliveira Vieira
• Cambodia: Denise Coghlan
• Chile: Jasmin Espinoza Goecke
• Colombia: Camilo Ernesto Serna Villegas
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo: Francky Miantuala
• Denmark: Rune Saugman
• El Salvador: Jesús Martínez , Mario Díaz
• Ethiopia: Bekele Gonfa
• Finland: Laura Lodenius
• France, Malta, Monaco: Camille Gosselin
• Georgia: Narine Berikashvili
• Germany: Thomas Kuchenmeister
• Greece: Louisa O’Brien
• Guatemala, Honduras: Maria Eugenia Villareal
• India: Binalakshmi Nepram
• Indonesia: Lars Stenger
• Japan: Akihito Hayashi
• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan: Iurie Pintea
• Korea, South: John Kim
• Lao PDR, Thailand: Shushira Chonhenchob
• Libya: Jo Dresner
• Liechtenstein, Switzerland: HI Switzerland
• Luxembourg: Jerome Bodin
• Myanmar: Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
• Nepal: Purna Shova Chitrakar
• Netherlands: Suzanne Oosterwijk
• Norway: Kristin Obrestad
• Pakistan: Raza Shah Khan; Naveed Ahmad Shinwari
• Peru: Carlos Eduardo Luján Andrade
• Philippines: Doods Santos
• Senegal: Mamady Gassama; Thea Ruggia
• Serbia: Suzana Srnic Vukovic; Jelena Vicentic
• Slovakia: Martina Mazurova
• Somalia: Dahir Abdirahman
• South Africa: Gugu Dube
• Sri Lanka: Vidya Abhayagunawardena
• Sudan: Abu Osama Abdalla
• Sweden: Anna Ek
• Taiwan: Eden International
• Turkey: Muteber Ogreten
• Uganda: Geoffrey Muhindo
• United Kingdom: Richard Moyes
• Western Sahara: Boybat Cheikh Abdelhay, Gaici Nah