UN Rights Chief Urges States to Agree on Binding Rules for Autonomous Weapons
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Volker Turk calls for ban on weapons targeting people, says humans must remain in control of use of force
Next week, states will discuss the future of autonomous weapons. Uno Human Rights Chief Volker Türk is pushing for a ban on those systems that could target people on their own.
The UN and the Red Cross today called on the international community to start negotiating a treaty that restricts the use of autonomous weapons in war, in anticipation of the discussions on this type of weaponry next week. "The international community must now take fundamental decisions on the future of armed conflicts", said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, who insisted that "a machine should never have the power to decide whe…
The UN and the Red Cross today called on the international community to start negotiating a treaty that restricts the use of autonomous weapons in war, in anticipation of discussions on this type of weaponry next week.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Türk urged countries to urgently agree on binding international rules for autonomous weapons. Ahead of the 7th Review Conference in Geneva next week, Türk stressed that machines should not decide human lives.
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