Statements to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems, Geneva

Human Rights Watch delivered five statements at the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems in March 2019.  Statement on International Humanitarian Law, 26 March 2019 Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Fully autonomous weapons raise a host of moral, legal, security, and technological concerns, but I will focus my remarks today on those related to international humanitarian law (IHL). As indicated by its title and preamble, the CCW aims to promote compliance with IHL and in particular provisions…

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