Sentences with phrase «autonomous weapon systems»

The 58 - page Keeping Control report by Daan Kayser provides an overview of the positions of European states on lethal autonomous weapon systems, including on the call for a ban and on how to ensure weapons systems remain under meaningful human control.

Pakistan (10 October)-- «Pakistan also supports the commencement of negotiations in the CD on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space and Negative Security Assurances, as well as on contemporary issues such as chemical and biological terrorism, lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), and cyber weapons.»

Netherlands (3 October)-- «The international debate about the complicated subject of autonomous weapon systems is multifaceted.

Myanmar — II (20 October)-- «We welcome the group of government experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems, established by the Fifth Review Conference.»

On 2 June 2016, Iceland's parliament (Althingi) passed a resolution expressing support for a ban on production and use of autonomous weapon systems.

Under «frontier issues,» the UN Secretary General's High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, remarked that: «Rapid advances in the civilian and military application of artificial intelligence should continue to give impetus for formal deliberations on lethal autonomous weapon systems within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.»

The CCW process on lethal autonomous weapon systems could and should result in a new CCW protocol banning these weapons, but it should not take many years to do so.

The ICRC urges the States party to the CCW, at their annual conference in November, to extend the mandate for the discussion of autonomous weapon systems into 2015.

Austria (13 October) The development of lethal autonomous weapon systems touches upon fundamental questions of ethics that have to be confronted.

We very much appreciated the opportunity at the Expert Meeting in May this year to take a first look at the questions around lethal autonomous weapon systems, LAWS.

My delegation considers that the four - day meeting of experts convened by States party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva in May, provided an important opportunity to explore the fundamental legal, ethical and societal issues raised by one such possible advancement, lethal autonomous weapon systems.

Pakistan, 26 October The development of new types of weapons, such as lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) remains a source of concern for the international community.

A 16 - pp report on the ICRC's first experts meeting on autonomous weapon systems, which brought together representatives from 21 States and 13 independent experts.

Wagner analyzes independently operating weapon systems and the challenges that autonomous weapon systems pose with respect to compliance with the law of armed conflict.

[3] The US affirmed in November 2015 that «there is broad agreement that lethal autonomous weapon systems do not exist» and do not refer to «remotely piloted drones, nor precision - guided munitions or defensive systems.»

Zimbabwe said that it was joining like - minded delegations to support the call to preemptively ban lethal autonomous weapon systems because it saw «merit and wisdom in doing what is right and necessary to safeguard this and future generations» from the weapons.

This chapter explores the legal implications of autonomous weapon systems and the potential challenges such systems might present to the laws governing weaponry and the conduct of hostilities.

Current technological capabilities and foreseeable developments raise serious doubts about the ability to use autonomous weapon systems in compliance with international humanitarian law in all but the narrowest of scenarios and the simplest of environments.

Recently, autonomous weapon systems have been in the news in Canada.

Switzerland, 8 October We welcome the fact that the question of lethal autonomous weapon systems is being addressed within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).

In the near term, world militaries are considering autonomous weapon systems that can choose and eliminate targets.»

Are lethal autonomous weapon systems legal?

It is a confederation of non-governmental organisations and pressure groups lobbying for a ban on producing and deploying fully autonomous weapon systems — where the ability of a human to both choose the precise target and intervene in the final decision to attack is removed.

She is presently writing a monograph on the legal, moral and political issues associated with autonomous weapons systems.

Before embarking on the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems, we should bear in mind Walter M. Miller's 1954 science...

Lethal autonomous weapons systems — robots capable of targeting and killing people — are already here.

«I would like to reaffirm that KAIST does not have any intention to engage in development of lethal autonomous weapons systems and killer robots,» Shin said in a statement.

Representatives from the Kalishnikov Group, manufacturers of the AK - 74 assault rifle, are developing a completely autonomous weapons system.

Erin is involved in the ongoing diplomatic efforts to prohibit autonomous weapons systems (killer robots) and has spoken on the topic in Canada and at the United Nations.

... The Czech Republic welcomes new drive in the discussion on autonomous weapons systems.

These are some of the questions we have been exploring in the domain of self - driving vehicles, care robots, as well as lethal autonomous weapons systems, or LAWS.

If we populate our military with autonomous weapons systems, our adversaries would adapt.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots will be working hard around the world in 2017 to support the development of national policies on autonomous weapons systems.

The advent of new weapons technologies such as fully autonomous weapons systems only underline the need for us to continue to work together to ensure that the principles which guide us continue to be upheld.

Prioritizing the security of citizens changed the conversation and a similar shift could be expected within the discussion of autonomous weapons systems.

The moral and ethical issues surrounding autonomous weapons systems have been a topic of conversation at the national and international level from the start and this should continue.

This is indeed the purpose of the initiative led by France on lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Originally published on the Forum on the Arms Trade's Looking Ahead blog, Erin Hunt looks at opportunities and challenges ahead in 2017 for efforts to preemptively ban autonomous weapons systems.

A weapons system that identifies, selects and employs force against targets without meaningful human control should be considered a lethal autonomous weapons system.

The ICRC welcomes the increased attention the international community is paying to autonomous weapons systems, including in the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).

Government delegates attending next week's annual meeting of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations in Geneva will decide whether to continue in 2015 with multilateral talks on questions relating to «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

The next milestone for the international process concerns is the CCW's Fifth Review Conference on 12 - 16 December 2016, where states are expected to decide whether to continue the deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems and, if so, whether to formalize the mandate to a Group of Governmental Experts and increase the time dedicated to substantive deliberations in 2017.

The long - term consequences of building autonomous weapons systems may well exceed the short - term tactical and strategic advantages they provide.

In Canada, particularly, this year's defence review offered an opportunity for the government to hear from a number of experts on autonomous weapons systems.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots held side event briefing on Tuesday, 14 April to consider why autonomous weapons systems are ethically unacceptable.

That is why we are with those who are in favor of not only continuing, but deepening and intensifying the ongoing international debate about lethal autonomous weapons systems.

It is good to see a desire for further study on the ethical implications of autonomous weapons systems.

Tuesday, 12 April is dedicated entirely to discussing how to move «towards a working definition» of lethal autonomous weapons systems.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots calls for a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons systems.

This 8,000 - word long - read profiles the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and includes the author's observations of the third CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems held in April 2016.