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May 12, 2025 Statement

Statement on Humanitarian Considerations to UNGA Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Deputy Director

Civil society statement at UN meeting.
May 12, 2025 Statement

Statement on Legal Considerations to UNGA Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Arms Advisor

Devant le bureau des Nations Unies à Genève, des membres de la Campagne contre les robots tueurs exprimaient visuellement le message « Stop Killer Robots ». Cette campagne appelle les gouvernements à ne pas autoriser le développement de systèmes d'armes capables de sélectionner et d’attaquer des cibles sans aucune intervention humaine.
April 28, 2025 News Release

‘Killer Robots’ Threaten Human Rights During War, Peace

Urgent Need for Treaty on Autonomous Weapon Systems

Illustration of a person shielding their face from oncoming autonomous weapons
April 14, 2025 News Release

UN Landmines Resolution Highlights Human Rights Impact

Historic Rights Council Action Sends Message to States Reconsidering Mine Ban Treaty

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April 9, 2025 News Release

South Sudan: Incendiary Bombs Kill, Burn Civilians

End Use of Cruel Indiscriminate Weapons; Allow UN Peacekeepers Deployment

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April 8, 2025 Statement

Statement on Emerging Challenges to the Convention on Cluster Munitions intersessional meeting

Delivered by Mark Hiznay, Associate Director

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April 8, 2025 Report

Syria: Landmines, Explosive Remnants Harming Civilians

Government, Donors Should Urgently Support Clearance, Education, Assistance

Nidal Ahmad stands near his olive farm in Aleppo, Syria on March 4, 2025. Its location near a former Syrian Army military camp has prevented him from harvesting crops for years. Last December, Nidal returned to check on his land and lost his foot in a landmine explosion.
April 7, 2025 Statement

Statement on Stockpile Destruction and Retention to the Convention on Cluster Munitions intersessional meeting

Delivered by Mark Hiznay, Associate Director

2024 Cluster Munition Monitor Cover Photo
April 1, 2025 Dispatches

Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives

Poland, Baltic Countries Move to Leave Mine Ban Treaty

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March 30, 2025 Commentary

Mine Ban Treaty Faces Significant Threats

Japan’s Leadership Needed to Ensure No More Landmine Victims

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March 3, 2025 News Release

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February 26, 2025 Q & A

Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: Questions and Answers

Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic

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February 6, 2025 Dispatches

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Tech Giant Backtracks on Its Own Principles on Artificial Intelligence

New product announcements at Made By Google in Mountain View, California, August 13, 2024.
February 5, 2025 Statement

Statement to consultation by the Chair of the Convention on Conventional Weapon GGE on Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Arms Advisor

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February 4, 2025 News Release

Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses

US-Supplied Weapons Linked to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 7, 2024.

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