Europe Poll Supports Killer Robots Ban

Expand The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots conducts a visual stunt in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany in March 2018. © 2018 Clare Conboy (Geneva) – Almost three in every four people responding to a new poll in 10 European countries want their governments to work for an international treaty prohibiting lethal autonomous weapons systems, Human Rights Watch said today. At the conclusion of a diplomatic meeting scheduled for November 13-15, 2019, states will determine the next steps for addressing the threats posed by such weapons, which, once activated, would select and attack…

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