Despite the challenges of COVID-19, 21-25 September the world’s governments will discuss at the UN in Geneva the humanitarian and security threat posed by “lethal autonomous weapons systems” – high-tech killer robots that could target people without meaningful human control over the use of violence. But despite the media clichés that often accompany these discussions […] Continue Reading

ICRAC Members Daniele Amoroso and Guglielmo Taburrini have completed a new ICRAC Working paper #4 on “What makes human control over weapons “Meaningful”? The paper was prepared for distribution at the August 2019 meeting of the United Nations CCW GGE on Lethal Autonomous Weapons. The paper can be downloaded from our Resources Page, along with […] Continue Reading

Statement delivered by ICRAC Vice-chair Peter Asaro to the CCW GGE Informal Session on the Chair’s Non-Paper, August 19, 2019. “The International Committee for Robot Arms Control, which is a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, would like to thank the Chair for this Draft, and make the following comments and requests. First […] Continue Reading

El próximo Viernes día 12 de Abril a las 16:30h celebraremos en compañía de Jody Williams, premio Nobel de la Paz 1997, y presidenta de la Iniciativa de mujeres Nobel desde 2006, un acto enmarcado en la campaña Stop Killer Robots en el que además participaran los miembros del ICRAC, la Dra Roser Martinez Quirante […] Continue Reading

As delivered by Prof. Peter Asaro ICRAC has been pleased to hear states shift their focus away from definitions of the technologies of autonomous weapons systems and move towards discussing restriction of their use with regards to how they should be controlled. Of course, by definition, if states wanted genuine meaningful human control of weapons […] Continue Reading

El próximo lunes día 11 de Marzo a las 18h presentaremos en Madrid la Campaña “Stop Killer Robots”. El acto se celebrará en el Circulo de Bellas Artes (Sala Nueva) y contará con la participación de ICRAC, FundiPau, Centre Delàs d’estudis per la Pau, CEIPAZ y Demospaz. El acto se enmarca dentro del ciclo electoral […] Continue Reading