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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Submission to the UN Secretary-General on an international legal instrument on autonomous weapons
The European Defence Fund: autonomous weapons and the EU budget
Article 36's evidence to the AI in weapons systems UK parliamentary inquiry
Article 36 Podcast episode 15: The second CCW GGE meeting on autonomous weapons for 2023 – a meeting that we are glad to have in the past…
Article 36 Podcast episode 14: Regulating autonomy in weapon systems: Latin American and Caribbean leadership, ReAim and the CCW
Regulating autonomy in weapon systems: Latin American and Caribbean leadership, ReAim and the CCW
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Article 36 Podcast episode 13: Autonomous Weapons - what is the orientation of the United Kingdom?
Autonomous weapons as a solution to war crimes?
Foundations of the GDPR: Principles relevant to discussions on autonomous weapons
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