Autonomous Weapons — Key Discoveries

Key Discoveries

UN CCW Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on LAWS - 2019 Report

2019

This report, adopted by consensus, marked a significant milestone in international discussions. It explicitly recognized the need for 'meaningful human control' over the use of…

ICRC Position on Autonomous Weapons Systems

Ongoing (Key statements 2018, 2021, 2024)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as guardian of IHL, has consistently called for new legally binding rules to ensure human control over weapons systems and to…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) & Harvard Law School Report: 'Mind the Gap'

2015 (and subsequent reports)

This foundational report, and subsequent publications by HRW and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, played a pivotal role in popularizing the term 'killer robots' and…