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July 7, 2023 Commentary

Video: Weapons Explainer Series

Incendiary Weapons
June 6, 2023 Dispatches

Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Forum Tackles Digital Rights Abuses Against Palestinians

Two guns sit atop a guard tower along with surveillance cameras overlooking the Aroub refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 6, 2022. 
May 30, 2023 Commentary

Cluster Munition Convention Offers Roadmap for New Autonomous Weapons Treaty

Delegates applaud the adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on May 30, 2008.
May 15, 2023 Statement

General Statement to the Convention on Conventional Weapons GGE Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher

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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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February 22, 2023 Statement

Japan Parliament Inquiry on "Building a New International Order – War, Peace, and Solution in the 21st Century"

Testimony on the subtheme of "Disarmament and Non-Proliferation" by Kanae Doi, Human Rights Watch on 22 February 2023

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
November 28, 2022 Commentary

The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Should lethal autonomous weapons be banned?

A graphic piece by Brian Stauffer depicting an outstretched hand catching a rocket in its palm while shielding a mother and a young boy beneath it.
November 16, 2022 Statement

Statement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems to the CCW Annual Meeting

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director

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.
November 10, 2022 News Release

Killer Robots: Negotiate Treaty in New Forum

Delaying Needed Law Endangers Civilians, Generates Insecurity

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May 26, 2022 Dispatches

Film ‘Immoral Code’ Explores Danger of Machines That Kill

Ban Autonomous Weapons with No Human Oversight

A photo outside the ‘Immoral Code’ premiere at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, May 19, 2022.

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