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.
At the first Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting of experts on lethal
autonomous weapons systems held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May 2014, a number of countries noted the relevance of international human rights law in their statements, including Croatia, Egypt, the Holy See, Mexico, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.
In this regard, NAM States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) welcome the informal meeting of CCW experts on lethal
autonomous weapons systems held in Geneva from 13 - 17 April 2015 and support continued deliberations on this issue in the CCW on the basis of an agreed mandate.
For the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, the highlight of 2015 was the second meeting on lethal
autonomous weapons systems held at the United Nations in Geneva in April.
Report of the ICRC meeting on
autonomous weapons systems held 26 - 28 March 2014 by the ICRC, 9 May 2014.
States proposed the recommendation to formalize the CCW process during the third informal meeting on lethal
autonomous weapons systems held at the UN in Geneva on 11 - 15 April 2016.
Not exact matches
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
held side event briefing on Tuesday, 14 April to consider why
autonomous weapons systems are ethically unacceptable.
When states agreed to
hold a third CCW meeting on lethal
autonomous weapons systems they added one new element to the mandate language from previous years, namely that countries participating in the April 2016 meeting «may agree by consensus on recommendations for further work for consideration by the CCW's 2016 Fifth Review Conference.»
The second multilateral meeting on «lethal
autonomous weapons systems» by members of the 1980 Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) will be
held at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva on 13 - 17 April 2015.
What's special about an agreement to
hold a four - day meeting of experts to consider questions relating to «lethal
autonomous weapons systems?»
France (22 October) 2014 was also marked by discussions
held in the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW), regarding lethal
autonomous weapons systems (LAWS).
CCW has spent three years
holding informal meetings about
autonomous weapons systems.
Nations agreed today (November 13) to
hold another week - long diplomatic meeting on 11 - 15 April 2016 to continue their deliberations on questions relating to lethal
autonomous weapons systems.
It seems unlikely, but one new indicator is seen in the unanimous support given to the first multilateral discussions to be
held on the topic of «lethal
autonomous weapons systems.»
The nations that are part of the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW)
held their first experts meeting on «lethal
autonomous weapons systems» in Geneva in May 2014, while a follow - up meeting will open in two weeks time, on 13 April.
This briefing come less than a month after the first Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) meeting of experts on «lethal
autonomous weapons systems» was
held the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May.
... Finally, it is also worth noting the discussion of lethal
autonomous weapons system,
held for the first time within the structure of the CCW.
The third Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) meeting on lethal
autonomous weapons systems will be
held at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva on 11 - 15 April 2016.
The first - ever multilateral meeting
held earlier this year on «lethal
autonomous weapons systems» marked a key milestone for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, while the consensus agreement by nations to
hold another meeting at the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) on 13 - 17 April 2015 confirms the matter is now firmly on the international agenda and -LSB-...]
On 15 November 2013, nations attending the annual CCW meeting agreed to begin working on killer robots when they adopted a report committing to
hold a meeting of experts in May 2014 to consider questions relating to the emerging technology of «lethal
autonomous weapons systems.»
Nov. 14: Nations agree to
hold a second Convention on Conventional
Weapons meeting 2015 on lethal
autonomous weapons systems.
Nov. 13: Nations agree to
hold a third meeting in 2016 to continue deliberations on lethal
autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW).
The first Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) meeting on lethal
autonomous weapons systems will be
held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 16 May.
At the end of August, Russia said it is uncertain about whether states should move to the next level of deliberations on lethal
autonomous weapons systems when the CCW
holds its 5th Review Conference in Geneva on December 12 - 16.
Feb. 6 - 7: US Naval War College
holds a workshop on «legal implications of
autonomous weapons systems» attended by armed forces representatives from the US, Australia, Canada, Israel, and UK
Sep. 29: Campaign coordinator Mary Wareham speaks on a panel on lethal
autonomous weapons systems at a conference on emerging technologies
held by the PIR Center and diplomatic academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Jan. 13: After the first conference
held by the Future of Life Institute on the «future of artificial intelligence» in Puerto Rico on Jan. 2 - 4, prominent scientists and researchers from industry and academia issue an open letter calling for AI and smart machine research that is «robust and beneficial» to humanity and linking to a document outlining «research directions that can help maximize the societal benefit of AI» including numerous questions on «lethal
autonomous weapons systems.»
Most of the 118 states that are part of the Convention on Conventional
Weapons are expected to participate in the 2015 talks on lethal
autonomous weapons systems to be
held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 17 April.
The first meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on lethal
autonomous weapons systems will be
held at the UN in Geneva on either 24 - 28 April or 21 - 25 August 2017 and chaired by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India.