About Us

Charlotte is the Campaign Programs & Engagement Officer for Stop Killer Robots and joined the team in July 2022. In her role, she provides operational, administrative, and financial support to the Stop Killer Robots campaign and campaign member organisations.

Charlotte is an activist passionate about disarmament, human rights, and gender justice. Charlotte has a Master’s degree in Global Development Studies from Queen’s University, specializing in children’s rights and refugee policy and Honours Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Political Science from Mount Allison University.

Charlotte is currently based in Kingston, Canada.

Salena Barry is the International Communications Lead for Stop Killer Robots. She  manages the campaign’s digital and social media communications. 

Prior to joining the team in July 2023, she worked for Islington Council, a local authority in London, and Refuge, the UK’s largest domestic abuse charity. In these roles, she led on the digital element of campaigns, developing content and multi-channel strategies to advance project and communications goals. While working at Refuge, she supported the organisation’s Naked Threat campaign, which successfully lobbied the UK government to amend a clause in the Domestic Abuse Act (2021), granting additional rights to survivors. She has also volunteered her communications skills to support grassroots campaigns advancing migrants’ rights and environmental justice. 

She holds a Masters degree in Art & Politics from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her graduate dissertation explored  the use of indigenous visual culture by settler state governments to advance domestic indigenous policy. She believes in the power of communications, visual and textual, to build community and inspire meaningful action on human rights and social justice issues. In her free time, she writes about visual arts, drawing out its intersections with politics. 

Originally from Canada, Salena is currently based in London, UK. 

Clare Conboy is Head of Campaigns and Partnerships at Stop Killer Robots.

She studied Fine Art Sculpture and History of Art at the National College of Art and Design in Ireland and began working in communications and campaigning in 2013. Based in Ireland, Spain and the UK, Clare has lobbied at Irish and UK parliaments, worked on a general election campaign, and provided communications, media, and campaigning support to organisations including the British Refugee Council, Fundación Intras, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) UK, and Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

Clare joined Stop Killer Robots in 2018, previously serving as Media and Communications Manager and Campaigns and Strategic Communications Manager. Before this, she was Communications and Web Manager at the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, where she served on ICAN’s International Steering Group. She co-led the photo, video, and social media teams during the negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons for which ICAN was subsequently awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. 

Her approach is guided by intersectional feminist and humanitarian disarmament values. Originally from Ireland, Clare is based in London.

Isabelle Jones is Head of Government Relations & Advocacy for Stop Killer Robots. In her role, she manages efforts to expand and strengthen the campaign’s network and provides ongoing support through funding, resources, and coordination to build momentum and energize the coalition.

Isabelle joined the campaign to Stop Killer Robots in June 2018, as its first full-time staff member. Previously she worked in various roles at Aga Khan Foundation Canada; the LSE Centre for Women, Peace, and Security; the LSE Centre for Human Rights; and Human Rights Watch. Isabelle has a Master of Science in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, where her research focused on how applications of new weapons technology within the social structure of the military could result in increased civilian casualties. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Global Development and an International Studies Certificate from Queen’s University.

Originally from Canada, Isabelle is currently based in New York City, USA.

Elizabeth Minor is Head of Policy at Stop Killer Robots, focusing on policy development, research, and advocacy in international forums.

Before joining in August 2025, Elizabeth worked on initiatives to strengthen international law and policy on weapons and civilian protection as an Advisor at Article 36. She was part of ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaign for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; at the negotiating conferences, she collaborated with colleagues to successfully push for provisions on victim assistance and environmental remediation in the Treaty. She also researched and advocated on autonomous weapons, armed drones, protecting education, under-representation in international disarmament forums, and other issues. Previously, Elizabeth worked at Every Casualty Counts, leading research into casualty recording methodologies and launching its international practitioners’ network. Until 2021 she sat on the Board of Airwars.

Elizabeth has an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from University College London. She taught a course on International Disarmament Law as a visiting research scholar at O.P. Jindal Global University, India, and was also an honorary associate at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is committed to working collectively and collaboratively for a more just and peaceful world.

Elizabeth is from and based in London, UK.

Nicole van Rooijen is the Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots. She is responsible for the overall strategic and operational management of the campaign. 

Prior to joining the team in January 2025, Nicole worked at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In her final role there, she worked as the Head of Protection for the Asia-Pacific Region, which builds on over a decade of work at the international organisation where she advocated for the respect of international humanitarian law to minimise civilian harm in times of armed conflict. 

She has worked in Côte d’Ivoire, Colombia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Gaza and Jordan, before coming to Geneva. Through her field experience, she has gained a deep understanding of the human cost of war and the urgent need for stronger adherence to international laws, as well as the development of new legal frameworks to keep pace with technological advancements in military and law enforcement operations.

Nicole holds two masters degrees in International Politics and Human Geography.  

Nicole is based in Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Wallace Cheng is a Strategic Advisor (Consultant) for Stop Killer Robots, with experience in strategy, partnerships, and policy across major international organisations and global institutes.

Wallace specializes in strengthening organizational strategy, mobilizing diverse resources, and building high‑value partnerships across government, industry, philanthropy, and multilateral agencies. He has led engagements with corporate leaders, donors, and public‑sector partners to shape investment priorities, strengthen ESG and sustainability strategies, and develop collaborative platforms that scale impact across markets. Previously he has worked with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), UNCTAD, Globethics, and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), driving initiatives that link sustainable development, economic policy, and technology for the public good.

Human Rights Watch coordinated Stop Killer Robots from 2012 – 2021. For more than two decades, Human Rights Watch has been instrumental in enhancing protections for civilians affected by conflict. It chairs the International Campaign to Ban Landmines that led to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the Cluster Munition Coalition, which spurred the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Human Rights Watch helped to pre-emptively ban blinding laser weapons in 1995.

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who, through detailed research and determined campaigning, help fight abuses of human rights worldwide. Amnesty International together with partner NGOs convinced states to create and adopt the 2013 Arms Trade Treaty. Its work to address the risks posed by fully autonomous weapons systems and other concerns raised by artificial intelligence is carried out by the International Secretariat’s team on Arms Control, Security Trade and Human Rights and Amnesty Tech, along with national Sections.

Article 36 is a specialist non-profit organisation focused on reducing harm from weapons. The small and effective team of advocacy and policy experts based in the UK, with staff in Geneva, Switzerland, take its name from article 36 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which calls for scrutiny of new weapons and methods of warfare. Together with civil society partners and governments, we develop new policies and legal standards to prevent civilian harm from existing and emerging weapons. This is underpinned by our rigorous, transparent and independent analysis of how weapons harm civilians, and how to reduce and prevent such harm

The International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) is a not-for-profit organization comprised of scientists, ethicists, lawyers, roboticists, and other technical experts. It works to ban lethal autonomous weapons systems and is concerned by the rapid pace of development of military robots and the pressing dangers their use poses to peace, international security, the rule of law, and civilians.

Mines Action Canada (MAC) is an international leader working to eliminate the serious humanitarian, environmental, and developmental consequences of indiscriminate weapons. Founded in 1994, it is the Canadian partner of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munition Coalition.

PAX is a peace organization based in the Netherlands that works with local partners in conflict areas to seek political solutions to crises and armed conflicts. PAX also works on disarmament to prevent the unacceptable humanitarian harm caused by certain weapons. It focuses on the whole chain of armed conflict from the development of new weapons, the investments in the producers, the arms trade, to the use of these weapons in armed conflict. PAX is a co-founder and board member of various international humanitarian disarmament coalitions.

Seguridad Humana en Latinoamerica y el Caribe (SEHLAC) is a regional human security network created in 2008 to coordinate NGO actions to address armed violence and humanitarian issues affecting Latin America and the Caribbean. SEHLAC’s Steering Committee representative is the Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas.

Cultural Youth Movement Education Foundation (CYMEF) with Registration Number is a non-governmental youth focused organisation established in 2013 with membership and presence in nearly 90 Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Nigeria. It identifies and addresses the root causes of the ongoing violent conflicts and ethno-religious crises in Nigeria and around Africa while mobilising young people to contribute to peace, security, climate change, human right and human dignity, gender justice, and disarmament.

Protection against Armaments and Their Consequences is an NGO based in Egypt and France with humanitarian disarmament expertise. Protection joined the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1998 and co-founded the Cluster Munition Convention in 2003.

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The City of Geneva is the municipal governing body for the city of Geneva, where Stop Killer Robots is a registered association.

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