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12 May 2014 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: Time for international action on killer robots – Convention on Conventional Weapons experts meet on May 13-16 Nations should commit to begin drafting new international law to stop the development of fully autonomous weapons or “killer robots,” said the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots today on the eve of […]

11 June 2013 Synopsis prepared by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots SYNOPSIS: European Parliament report on “Human rights implications of the usage of drones and unmanned robots in warfare,” May 2013 Summary In May 2013 the European Parliament issued a study into the human rights implications of the usage of drones and unmanned robots […]

Embargoed until 00:01 EST 21 October 2013 New York PRESS RELEASE: UN: Start International Talks on Killer Robots – Increasing calls for international action on fully autonomous weapons All nations should agree to begin international talks aimed at preventing the creation of fully autonomous robot weapons that, once activated, would select and engage targets without […]

Embargoed For Release Not for Publication Until: 10:00 Geneva (09:00 GMT) 13 November 2013 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: UN: Seize the opportunity for action on killer robots – Convention on Conventional Weapons to decide on taking up killer robots in 2014 States should seize the opportunity to take international action to prevent the creation of fully […]

13 April 2015 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: Time to Move From Talk to Action on Killer Robots – Second United Nations meeting on the subject opens in Geneva Concerns about the prospect of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without further human intervention are multiplying and show the urgent need for nations to begin […]

11 April 2016 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: Focus on Meaningful Human Control of Weapons Systems – Third United Nations meeting on killer robots opens in Geneva Countries should affirm the necessity of meaningful human control over the capacity to select and attack targets, and agree to start negotiating a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons, said […]

May 28, 2013 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: UN: Start Pursuing a Permanent Ban on Killer Robots – All states should implement UN report recommendations as first step towards ban All nations should heed the call by a UN Special Rapporteur to halt robotics weapons systems that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention […]

13 November 2014 Geneva PRESS RELEASE: Substantive Talks on Killer Robots Must Continue – Convention on Conventional Weapons decision due on 14 November Nations must continue and deepen their deliberations in 2015 on the questions relating to ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems’ with the ultimate objective of creating new international law prohibiting such weapons, said the […]

This round-up of recent actions at the national level supporting the call to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons systems covers developments in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Holy See, Italy, Netherlands, UK and US in November-December 2017. Australia On 2 November 2017, more than 120 members of the Australian AI research community wrote to Prime Minister […]

London April 23, 2013 PRESS RELEASE: Urgent Action Needed to Ban Fully Autonomous Weapons – Non-governmental organizations convene to launch Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Urgent action is needed to pre-emptively ban lethal robot weapons that would be able to select and attack targets without any human intervention, said a new campaign launched in London […]