Ammunition management advisory team

Anna Shum joined the GICHD’s Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT) in September 2021 as a Junior Programme Officer, later transitioned to Programme Officer, and was appointed Advisor in January 2025. In this capacity, she supports AMAT’s engagement in multilateral processes on ammunition management, most notably the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management, and examines interconnections between through-life ammunition management, explosive ordnance risk reduction, arms control, and International Humanitarian Law.

Anna also provides support to the UN SaferGuard Programme and collaborates closely with the AMAT team to provide strategic advice and technical services on through-life ammunition management to States, with a primary focus on Eastern Europe. In particular, she coordinates assistance projects in Ukraine, ensuring effective planning, implementation, and impact assessment.

Prior to joining the GICHD, Anna completed a legal research internship with the Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit of the Legal Division at the ICRC. She also did a traineeship with the Parliament of Ukraine and worked for a political consulting company in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Anna holds LL.B. from the University of Westminster and LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy. Her thesis "Truth is the First Victim of War: Humanitarian Consequences Caused by Information Operations and Evolutionary Interpretation of IHL to Address Protection Needs of the Civilian Population During Armed Conflicts”,  examines the impact of information operations on civilians in armed conflicts and explores the adaptive interpretation of IHL to enhance civilian protection.

• Organisation Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
• Division Ammunition management advisory team
• Unit UN Safeguard Programme Support
• E-mail a.shum(at)gichd.org
• Working Languages English, Ukrainian, and Russian