Statement to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems in Geneva

This month marks five years since we launched the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. We are a global coalition of more than 60 non-governmental organizations working to retain meaningful human control over the use of force by banning the development, production, and use of fully autonomous weapons. We started this effort due to our shared commitment to address the far-reaching and profound ethical, human rights, legal, operational, proliferation, technical, and other serious concerns raised by these weapons. This month also marks the fifth time since 2014 that states, UN agencies, the ICRC, and our…

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