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ICRAC’s Heather Roff debates Joshua Foust

ByFrank Sauer October 10, 2013May 1, 2017

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heise online: Verbot autonomer Kampfroboter gefordert
ByFrank Sauer December 9, 2011

The German technology website “heise online” reports on ICRAC’s meeting in Berlin. The full text – in German – of the article can be found here. ICRAC’s Berlin Statement can be found here.

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Allvoices: The ethical and moral concerns of autonomous robotic systems
ByFrank Sauer December 5, 2011

On 13 February 2010, Allvoices published a piece that discusses why military robotics is on the rise, quoting ICRAC’s Noel Sharkey and also referring to other ICRAC members and their critical stance: There are several reasons why the Department of Defense is shifting its focus away from conventional weapons and towards highly advanced robotic systems….

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The Role of ICRAC in the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations
Bymbolton April 9, 2013October 1, 2018

Last week the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will aim to constrain the flow of conventional weapons to states and organizations that threaten peace and security or engage in gross violations of human rights and humanitarian law. Several members of the International Committee for Robot Arms…

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Observer: Rise of the Robots and the Future of War
ByFrank Sauer December 11, 2011

Sunday 21 November 2010, the Observer reports on the technological development in unmanned systems, quoting ICARC’s Noel Sharkey. He … … says it is impossible for autonomous robots today to distinguish reliably between civilians and combatants, a cornerstone of international humanitarian law. He also believes robots lack the subtle judgment to adhere to another humanitarian…

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Execution via Mouseclick
ByFrank Sauer July 24, 2012March 2, 2018

On July 23 2012, the German public radio SWR2 ran a 45-minute discussion on Obama’s drone warfare with ICRAC’s Niklas Schoernig as one of the experts on air. More information for the German speaking visitors of our site, as provided by the SWR2 website: Hinrichtung per Mausklick – Sendung vom Montag, 23.7. | 17.05…

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US Navy Developing Pilotless Drones
ByTech Chair March 4, 2012

From the January 26, 2012 Los Angeles Times, “New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who’s accountable?” by W.J. Hennigan The X-47B marks a paradigm shift in warfare, one that is likely to have far-reaching consequences. With the drone’s ability to be flown autonomously by onboard computers, it could usher in an era when death…

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Statement on Ethical Considerations in Open Informal Meeting at UNGA 1st Committee

UNGA Informals on LAWS ICRAC Statement on Ethical Considerations Delivered by Prof. Peter Asaro on May 13, 2025 Thank you, Chair. I speak on behalf of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, or ICRAC, a group of academics, experts, scholars and researchers in computer science, artificial intelligence, robotics, international law, political science, philosophy and ethics. ICRAC is a co-founding member of the Stop Killer Robots Campaign. We appreciate the organizers of this Informal Meeting including a Session on Ethical Considerations. It has been many years since Ethics has been the primary focus of substantive discussion within the CCW GGE meetings.

Statement on Security in Open informal consultations at UN GA

Statement on Security in “Open informal consultations on lethal autonomous weapons systems held in accordance with General Assembly resolution 79/62, 12-13 May 2025”. Thank you Chair, Presenters, Delegates, My name is Dr. Matthew Breay Bolton, I am Co-Director of Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute and a member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC). I would like to raise the importance of thinking about human security and protecting the integrity of the natural environment, considerations beyond traditional interpretations of security as strategic stability. In this regard, I would like to highlight a report recently published by Pace’s International Disarmament

Frequently Asked Questions on LAWS

Memorandum for delegates at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) Geneva, 13-17 November 2017 ICRAC is an international not-for-profit association of scientists, technologists, lawyers and policy experts committed to the peaceful use of robotics and the regulation of robot weapons. Please visit our website www.icrac.net and follow us on Twitter @icracnet ICRAC is a founding member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots www.stopkillerrobots.org What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? The term AI tends to evoke science-fiction tropes and even notions of “super intelligence”. But in reality, AI is just an umbrella term given

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