Autonomous weapons
A movement towards greater autonomy in weapons systems risks a dehumanised future of machines being tasked to apply force and kill without people understanding or being fully responsible for the consequences. We are working for a New International Legal Treaty covering a broad scope of sensor-based weapons systems, which must prohibit fundamentally unacceptable systems and keep control over the rest.
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Autonomy in weapons systems: mapping a structure for regulation through specific policy questions
Targeting people
Target profiles as a basis for rule-making in discussions on autonomy in weapons systems
Shifting definitions – the UK and Autonomous Weapons Systems
Autonomous weapon systems: Evaluating the capacity for ‘meaningful human control’ in weapon review processes
Article 36 reviews and addressing Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Key elements of meaningful human control
Meaningful Human Control, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Weapons
The United Kingdom and lethal autonomous weapons systems
Submission to the Science and Technology Committee inquiry into robotics and artificial intelligence
Killing by machine: Key issues for understanding meaningful human control
Briefing note for UK parliamentary roundtable ahead of CCW meeting on ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems’
Key areas for debate on autonomous weapons systems
Some key issues in humanitarian disarmament
Independent analysis for policy and humanitarian action
Article 36’s publications include research papers, political and policy analysis and innovative policy thinking. Our writings tend to be aimed towards the multilateral community – diplomats, international organisations, civil society and other stakeholders. Our new thinking on themes such as explosive weapons, nuclear weapons, autonomous weapons and the protection of civilians has served to frame key debates and political processes on these issues. Our writings tend to centre harm to people and communities as the foundation for our work, and to promote changes to international law, policy and practice in response to these harms.