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March 8, 2023 Statement

Expert Panel on the Social and Humanitarian Impact of Autonomous Weapons at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Autonomous Weapons

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher

Two people pose together holding a document
March 6, 2023 Commentary

Latin America and Caribbean Nations Rally Against Autonomous Weapons Systems

Regional Solidarity Crucial in Future Treaty Negotiations

Costa Rican Ambassador to the United Nations Martiza Chan and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Christian Guillermet-Fernandez present newly adopted Belén Communiqué.
March 6, 2023 Statement

Statement to Convention on Conventional Weapons GGE Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons System

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director

CCW delegates at the United Nations in Geneva.
March 3, 2023 Dispatches

Digital Dehumanization Paves Way for Killer Robots

Momentum Building for New International Law

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March 1, 2023 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Nigeria Ratifies Global Ban

Becomes 111th State Party to International Treaty

The remnants of a 9M27K-series cluster munition rocket after it deployed its submunitions in the Maram camp.
February 24, 2023 Commentary

Ukraine: Human Cost of Brutal Russian Invasion

Hugh Williamson charts human-rights violations in Ukraine — and calls for perpetrators to be held to account

An older woman using a wheelchair is evacuated from a hospice
February 21, 2023 News Release

Ukraine: New Light on Russia’s Rail Station Attack

Despite Denials, Research Confirms Russian Forces Had Weapons, Opportunity

Ukrainian authorities inspect the rocket motor and guidance section of a Tochka-U missile next to the main building of the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine on April 8, 2022. The phrase “Payback for the children” is painted in Russian on the missile. 
February 14, 2023 News Release

US: New Policy on Autonomous Weapons Flawed

National Policy, New Law Needed to Address Grave Dangers

2020 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch
February 14, 2023 Background Briefing

Review of the 2023 US Policy on Autonomy in Weapons Systems

2020 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch
February 2, 2023 Commentary

Implementation and Innovation

Humanitarian Disarmament in 2023

January 31, 2023 Report

Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians

Ukraine Should Investigate Forces’ Apparent Use; Russian Use Continues

Remnants of KPFM-1S-SK cassettes manufactured in 1988 that Human Rights Watch researchers found in Izium
December 21, 2022 News Release

Iran: Brutal Repression in Kurdistan Capital

Security Forces Use Lethal Force against Protesters, Wrongful Detention, Beatings

Iranians protesting in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kurdistan province, on September 19, 2022.
December 13, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Apparent Cluster Munitions Hit Kherson

Days After Leaving, Russian Forces Fired on City, Wounding Civilians

The fragmentation pattern left by an apparent cluster munition impact during an attack on a populated neighborhood in Kherson city
December 7, 2022 Letter

Re: Urgent Need for Debate on Human Rights in North Korea

November 30, 2022 Commentary

How A New Declaration Can Help Protect Civilians During Wartime

National Safety Authority members clear landmines and improvised explosive devices used during the armed conflict in Tripoli, Libya, June 3, 2020.

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