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April 8, 2015 News Release

The ‘Killer Robots’ Accountability Gap

Obstacles to Legal Responsibility Show Need for Ban

The next generation of weapons in military arsenals could be "killer robots," machines that would select and destroy specific targets without further human intervention. But if a robot broke the law, who would be held responsible?
January 29, 2015 Statement

Remarks to the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence On Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons

By Stephen Goose, Director, Human Rights Watch Arms Division

November 28, 2014 Commentary

Killer Robots: Why The World Should Ban Autonomous Weapons Systems

November 14, 2014 News Release

UN: ‘Killer Robot’ Talks Go Forward, Slowly

Convention on Conventional Weapons to Meet in April 2015

November 13, 2014 Statement

Statement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and Incendiary Weapons, CCW Annual Meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

August 21, 2014 Commentary

Killer Robots: Keeping Control of Autonomous Weapons

June 10, 2014 Commentary

The Human Rights Implications of "Killer Robots"

May 23, 2014 Commentary

Guest Post: Taking on “Killer Robots”

May 16, 2014 News Release

UN: ‘Killer Robots’ on the Run

First Multilateral Meeting on Fully Autonomous Weapons Concludes

May 15, 2014 Statement

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

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher

May 15, 2014 Statement

Statement to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Informal Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - Other Areas of International Law

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher, Arms Division & Senior Clinical Instruction at Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic

May 13, 2014 Statement

Statement on Options for Future Work, CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

May 13, 2014 Fact Sheet

Advancing the Debate on Killer Robots

12 Key Arguments for a Preemptive Ban on Fully Autonomous Weapons

May 12, 2014 News Release

Keep ‘Killer Robots’ Out of Policing

Fully Autonomous Weapons Threaten Rights in Peace, War

May 7, 2014 Commentary

Science fiction may become reality with 'killer robots'

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