Manon Blancafort is a Project Assistant at the Small Arms Survey, supporting analysis and research on the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Afghanistan, improvised explosive devices in West Africa, and the Arms Trade Treaty in the Indo-Pacific region. Ms. Blancafort has worked at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the UN Secretariat, and served as a reservist in the French Air and Space Forces. She holds a master’s degree in Peace, Security and Conflicts from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and an International Humanitarian Law post- graduate degree from the Université Côte d’Azur (France) and the San Remo International Institute of Humanitarian Law (Italy).