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February 14, 2019 Dispatches

Deadly US Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Government Still Rejects Regulations Preventing ‘Killer Robots’

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January 22, 2019 News Release

Poll Shows Strong Opposition to ‘Killer Robots’

Urgent Need for Treaty Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons

In the United States and around the world, public concern is rising at the prospect of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without human intervention.
November 22, 2018 Statement

Statement on the Way Forward, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, CCW Annual Meeting

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch, on behalf of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

November 7, 2018 News Release

Killer robots: France Should Support a Ban Treaty

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Press Release

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September 5, 2018 Dispatches

Support Grows for Killer Robots Ban

US and Russia Among States Who Object to Prohibition

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August 29, 2018 Statement

Statement by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

August 29, 2018 News Release

Statement by Human Rights Watch to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

August 22, 2018 Commentary

Why We Need A Pre-Emptive Ban On 'Killer Robots'

August 21, 2018 News Release

Killer Robots Fail Key Moral, Legal Test

Principles and Public Conscience Call for Preemptive Ban

Growing opposition to fully autonomous weapons from various quarters shows how the public conscience supports banning weapons systems that lack meaningful human control.
August 21, 2018 Commentary

Ban ‘Killer Robots’ to Protect Fundamental Moral and Legal Principles

Bonnie Docherty, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, with a “friendly robot” at the launch of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, April 2013.
May 30, 2018 Commentary

The Killer Robots Ban Is Coming. What Will Belgium Do?

© 2016 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch
May 24, 2018 Dispatches

Are US Police Disclosing Use of Amazon’s Face-Recognition Technology?

Courts Need to Be Able to Rule on Legality of New Biometric, AI Technologies

An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an Amazon delivery truck in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016.
April 13, 2018 Statement

Statement by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch, on behalf of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

April 12, 2018 Statement

Statement on International Humanitarian Law, CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

April 11, 2018 Commentary

We’re running out of time to stop killer robot weapons

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