UN Rights Chief ‘Horrified’ by Reports of Fully Autonomous Killer Drones in Ukraine
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UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of fully autonomous killer drones in Ukraine
The United Nations rights chief voiced alarm Monday at reports of fully autonomous drones killing people in Ukraine, calling for an urgent ban on weapons that can kill without human involvement.
"Ukraine would also have tested such weapons on the ground," Volker Türk also told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday that he is "abhorred by reports that the Russian army used a piloted drone of artificial intelligence in Ukraine to carry out a deadly autonomous attack.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Monday that it was "horrified" by reports of the Russian army's use in Ukraine of a drone that carried out an autonomous lethal strike. ...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said he was appalled by reports that Russian-launched drones killed three Ukrainians last month. He addressed the UN Human Rights Council today, expressing concern about the development. Turk supported calls for an immediate ban on weapons that can kill without human intervention. Drone chose its own targetThe New York Times reported on August 24 that a Russian drone had killed three Ukrainians in an attack in t…
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