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Limits on Autonomy in Weapon Systems

… that the need to preserve human control over weapon systems and the use of force in armed conflict will require limits on autonomous weapon systems. This report from … is required to mitigate the risks posed by autonomous weapons. It proposes three types of …

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ICRC operational response to COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific

… evacuations and health-care assistance to weapon-wounded civilians. Our commitment to … –– Ministry of Health (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao - BARMM) … Region) Del Sur Cotabato City Maguindanao Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) …

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Central America: Annual Report 2020

… women’s prisons. understood and accepted by weapon bearers, civil servants, academics, … of violence (people with gunshot and other weapon psychosocial care for people physically … of detention. The ICRC and the National Autonomous University Hospital of Honduras …

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Winners of third Arabic writing competition on 70th anniversary of Geneva Conventions

… to The Use of Artificial Intelligence Weapons Systems in Armed Conflicts” Al-Ishash … research entitled “Legal Review of the Lethal Autonomous Weapon System”   On the other hand, the ICRC …

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IHL: a primer for House of Commons staff

… in the hostilities and restricts the types of weapons deployed and the way they are used. … of cultural property, urban conflict and autonomous weapons as well as public international law …

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Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be limits

… 84 percent believe the use of nuclear weapons is never acceptable, 54 percent … said it's never acceptable to use nuclear weapons; 96 percent said it's never acceptable … conflict, 36 percent of respondents said that autonomous drones and robots – those not …

News release

Millennials think World War Three is likely in their lifetime

… all ages as well as millennials believe that autonomous weapons and drones – those not controlled by … millennials (23 per cent) believe that if autonomous weapons and drones replace human …

News release

International conference opening: ICRC president address

… actors in contemporary battlefields; The weaponization of humanitarian data in the … threats to humanitarian space, unrestrained weapons flow, violence, crime, inequality, … as creating new ways to fight, for example autonomous weapon systems and other remote …

Statement

Reflections on 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions and the Challenges Ahead

… of Peace and Conflict Studies titled 'Autonomous Weapons and the Ethics of Human … discussed a range of global issues concerning autonomous weapons from a legal, ethical and …

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2019 ICRC report on IHL and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

… effects of hostilities; the use of explosive weapons in populated areas , and the … Cyber operations during armed conflict; autonomous weapon systems ; artificial … Cyber operations during armed conflict; autonomous weapon systems ; artificial …

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