UK Declines to Back UN 'Killer-Robots' Treaty Supported by Most States
The groups say 120+ nations back a binding treaty as states prepare to consider a one-year mandate for negotiations.
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The use of artificial intelligence in all sectors, and that of war, does not stop it. Its use for lethal weapons is increasingly worrying international bodies
Rights Groups Call for UN Member States to Back Treaty to Restrict 'Killer Robots' Worldwide
A coalition of human rights groups called on United Nations member states to negotiate a treaty restricting the use of autonomous "killer robots" in battle at an international weapons conference taking place next week.
Global Treaty Needed to Combat Autonomous Weapons Threat
Click to expand Image © 2022 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Geneva, November 12, 2026) – The failure of states to take decisive action on autonomous weapons next week at the Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) would leave civilians dangerously exposed to rapidly advancing military technologies, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Stop Killer Robots said today. The CCW is an international treaty pr…
Russia hopes that, at the forthcoming conference in Geneva next week, countries will be able to agree on a mandate for a group of governmental experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems that will be acceptable to all, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zaharova, said. "We expect that during the forthcoming conference, the States parties will be able to approve the mandate of the futu…
[Geneva, Kyodo - Masaya Kurosaki] A review conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) will begin on the 16th in Geneva, Switzerland, regarding the regulation of autonomous lethal weapons systems (LAWS) that use artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to identify and attack targets without human intervention.
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