Stop Killer Robots calls for new international law on autonomy in weapons systems.
Erin Hunt is the Program Manager at Mines Action Canada, a member organisation of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Her expertise includes the humanitarian impact of indiscriminate weapons, victim…
Working to ban killer robots — weapons systems that would…
As we close out the decade, it is worth reflecting on how far the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots has come. The killer robots challenge is now regarded by foreign ministers and other high-level politicians as an urgent “politically relevant” concern deserving immediate multilateral action. There is widespread recognition that weapons systems that would select and engage targets on the basis of sensor processing and that do not allow for meaningful human control will cross the threshold of acceptability and must be prohibited.
Islamabad 10 Dec 2019 PRESS RELEASE: Civil society joins together to encourage regional cooperation on banning killer robots Campaign to Stop Killer Robots members and guests from eight Asian states (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan,…
2019 may be bringing the decade to a close, but for movement building within the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots it was only the beginning. This year saw exponential growth within our coalition – in terms of supporters,…
Diplomatic talks on weapons systems that would select and engage targets without further human intervention are set to continue for two more years. But what will they deliver? And will they be too late? Major military powers are investing…
Public support for a ban on killer robots continues to grow, confirming a need for urgent action by European states to negotiate a new treaty to retain meaningful human control. A poll of ten European countries conducted by YouGov…
Yet again, the killer robots challenge has received high-level attention at the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly To re-cap, in 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the prospect of machines with the power and discretion…
Marta Kosmyna, Silicon Valley Lead for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots with robot campaigner David Wreckham. Photo: Ari Beser.
