Autonomous weapons: The ICRC recommends adopting new rules
… adopt new, legally binding rules to regulate autonomous weapon systems to ensure that sufficient human … will require prohibiting certain types of autonomous weapon systems and strictly …
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IHL summer sessions: A decade of unwavering commitment
… also current issues such as cyber warfare, autonomous weapon systems and outer space. A wealth of …
Annual Report 2020
… relationships with the authorities, weapon bearers and civil society, with a view … The armed conflict between the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the … that they were cultivating themselves. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (hereafter …
The challenges for humanitarian action in today’s conflicts: the perspective from the International Committee of the Red Cross
… of warfare, the widespread availability of weapons and high levels of criminal violence … Advancing technologies are giving rise to new weapons and modes of warfare and in turn … the potentially indiscriminate impacts of autonomous weapons and the profound ethical …
1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively … of international humanitarian law to specific weapons. These customary rules are (1) the … mines, cluster munitions and lethal autonomous weapons systems. Regular meetings …
Sri Lanka: Exploring contemporary challenges to international humanitarian law
… technological advances in warfare, including autonomous weapon systems and cyber warfare . Ambassador … the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), laying …
ICRC Position on Autonomous Weapon Systems
… to establish internationally agreed limits on autonomous weapon systems to ensure civilian protection, … efforts to establish international limits on autonomous weapon systems that address the …
ICRC Position on Autonomous Weapon Systems
… to establish internationally agreed limits on autonomous weapon systems to ensure civilian protection, … efforts to establish international limits on autonomous weapon systems that address the …
Peter Maurer: “We must decide what role we want human beings to play in life-and-death decisions during armed conflicts”
… virtual briefing on the new ICRC position on autonomous weapon systems. Excellencies, Ladies and … the ICRC's analysis and recommendations about autonomous weapons and to hear your views on …
ICRC position on autonomous weapon systems
… to establish internationally agreed limits on autonomous weapon systems to address the concern they … binding rules. The ICRC's concerns about autonomous weapon systems Autonomous weapon …
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