Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Treaty Negotiations

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The United Nations General Assembly hashtag #UNGA at UN Headquarters in New York City. ©2024 Ogaga Blessing for Stop Killer Robots (New York, December 5, 2024) – The record number of countries voting in favor of the second-ever United Nations General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems, or “killer robots,” highlights the urgent need to open negotiations on a new treaty to ban them, Human Rights Watch said today.On December 2, 2024, 166 countries voted in favor of Resolution 79/L.77 on lethal autonomous weapons systems, while 3 voted no, and 15…

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