1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… Protocol I prohibits the use of any weapon of which the primary effect is to injure … mines, cluster munitions and lethal autonomous weapons systems. Regular meetings of …
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Military needs can never justify using inhumane or indiscriminate weapons
… means, using space- or ground-based weapon systems – can have significant impacts … existing law. The ICRC's concern with autonomous weapon systems is loss of human … set limits to the development and use of autonomous weapon systems. After all, it is …
Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… work on this issue. The discussions on autonomous weapons systems have demonstrated … report of the ICRC's own Expert Meeting on Autonomous Weapon Systems has now been published. The ICRC …
Weapons: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2015
… of the last century -- has been the use of weapon systems capable of delivering massive … which fall under the umbrella term of autonomous weapon systems, sometimes referred to as "lethal autonomous weapon systems". Discussions of the …
Impact of new technologies and weapons on international humanitarian law
… and the influence of remote-controlled and autonomous weapon systems on international humanitarian …
Disarmament efforts essential to address humanitarian concerns of weapons technologies
… Chair, Cluster munitions are an example of a weapon with wide area effects whose use raises … about developments towards increasingly autonomous weapon systems, understood as weapon … that internationally agreed limits on autonomous weapons must be established with …
Weapons: Statement of the ICRC to the United Nations, 2017
… the treaty at this time, including nuclear weapon possessors and their allies, to urgently … the challenges for IHL compliance raised by autonomous weapon systems and cyber … three years, CCW expert meetings on “lethal” autonomous weapon systems have identified many …
Preserving humanity in times of conflict demands strict abidance by constraints on conventional weapons
… legal and ethical concerns raised by autonomous weapon systems . In a joint appeal last month, … set clear prohibitions and restrictions on autonomous weapon systems and to conclude these …
Fifth Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
… work undertaken in the last three years on autonomous weapon systems and to place it in the context …
Weapons: Statement of the ICRC to the United Nations, 2018
… of the earliest IHL treaties to prohibit a weapon: the Saint Petersburg Declaration of … is famous not just for prohibiting a new weapon – exploding bullets – that had not yet … CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, which took place in …
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