The campaign wrote to the new UN Secretary - General António Guterres, who began his term on 1 January 2017, urging him to take a strong and unequivocal stance against
lethal autonomous weapons systems by endorsing the call for a ban.
Since its inception in 2012, ORI has been exploring roboethics questions in the domain of self - driving vehicles, care robots, and
lethal autonomous weapons systems by taking on stakeholder - inclusive approaches to the questions.
They should also express commitment to work in coordination with like - minded states, UN agencies, international organizations, civil society, and other stakeholders to conclude a legally binding instrument prohibiting the development, production, and use of
lethal autonomous weapons systems by the end of 2019.
Not exact matches
This is indeed the purpose of the initiative led
by France on
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
Both the UN's letter and statement call for «inclusive and comprehensive dialogue» on the concerns posed
by lethal autonomous weapons systems.
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots welcomes the decision taken
by nations at the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations in Geneva today to continue their deliberations on «
lethal autonomous weapons systems.»
The statement
by the global coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urges Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) states to continue the talks they started in May 2014 on questions raised
by the emerging technology of «
lethal autonomous weapons systems.»
Compared to the 2013's report's extensive analysis and four recommendations on «
lethal autonomous robotics,» the 2014 report contains a brief reference to what it now calls «
autonomous weapons systems» and recommends that the Human Rights Council «engage with the work done
by the disarmament structures in this regard.»
Ambassador Jean - Hugues Simon - Michel of France chaired the first CCW meeting on
lethal autonomous weapons systems in May 2014 and has been replaced
by Ambassador Guitton, who is a friend of the chair of the third CCW meeting.
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.
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).
The afternoon session chaired
by Ambassador Yvette Stevens of Sierra Leone will consider security aspects and the possible regional and / or global destabilization caused
by the deployment of
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
Last December at their Fifth Review Conference CCW states decided to formalize and expand those deliberations
by establishing a Group of Governmental Experts on
lethal autonomous weapons systems to meet in August and November 2017, chaired
by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India.
An open letter authored
by five Canadian experts in artificial intelligence research urges the Prime Minister to urgently address the challenge of
lethal autonomous weapons (often called «killer robots») and to take a leading position against
Autonomous Weapon
Systems on the international stage at the upcoming UN meetings in Geneva.
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.
Non-Aligned Movement — delivered
by Indonesia, 8 October NAM is of the view that
lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) raise a number of ethical, legal, moral and technical, as well as international peace and security related questions which should be thoroughly deliberated and examined in the context of conformity to international law including international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
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-...]
Jun. 1: Campaign representatives joined diplomats for an informal meeting to discuss ethical concerns over
lethal autonomous weapons systems convened at the UN
by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva in conjunction with the Caritas in Veritate Foundation.
A total of 87 countries participated in the four - day informal meeting of experts on «
lethal autonomous weapons systems»
by the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations (UN) on Geneva, which concluded on the afternoon of Friday, May 16 (71 states parties and signatories to the convention and 12 observer states).
The fact that CCW States Parties are dealing with the issue of
lethal autonomous weapons systems, as proposed
by France in 2013, is a significant development with regard to the Convention.
In January 2017, several members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots attended a retreat
by artificial intelligence leaders at Asilomar in Monterey, California in January 2017, which issued a set of «principles» including a call to retain human control of
systems with artificial intelligence and affirms the urgent need to avoiding an arms race in
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
Myanmar — II (20 October)-- «We welcome the group of government experts on
lethal autonomous weapon systems, established
by the Fifth Review Conference.»
On 15 November 2017, Kerr joined the Canadian Red Cross, Mines Action Canada and various Canadian AI experts in the first civil society consultation on
lethal autonomous weapons systems convened
by Global Affairs Canada, the country's foreign ministry.
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots distributed copies of The New York Times article to delegates attending the annual meeting of the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) in Geneva, where 118 nations agreed
by consensus on 14 November to proceed with deliberations that began earlier this year on the matter of «
lethal autonomous weapons systems.»
... It also applies to the Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons, which has been bolstered
by the positive outcome of the latest Review Conference, including on the prospective issue of
lethal autonomous weapons systems and on improvised explosive devices.
It is largely due to the announcement
by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) group of states, which has expressed hope that the CCW work will lead to an instrument stipulating prohibitions and regulations on
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
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.»
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.
It is alarmed
by the way that the CCW process on
lethal autonomous weapons systems has been set back this year, ostensibly
by financial obstacles.
The first meeting of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts will be followed
by annual Meeting of High Contracting Parties on 22 - 24 November, where states are expected to decide on the CCW's future work on
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
A «food for thought» paper disseminated
by the GGE chair with key questions for states contains several technology and legal / ethical issues that do not directly relate to the issue of
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
On Friday, 15 April, states attending the CCW meeting on
lethal autonomous weapons systems (another term for killer robots) agreed
by consensus to recommend that deliberations on the topic continue with the formation of an open - ended Group of Governmental Experts.
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.
New Zealand said it was in «listening mode» at the second meeting on «
lethal autonomous weapons systems» convened
by the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations.
Friday morning starts with a final panel on «crosscutting issues» that will be followed in the afternoon
by adoption of the final report containing recommendations for future work on
lethal autonomous weapons systems.
Brehm said the campaign welcomes the strong interest
by governments in discussing concerns relating to the
weapons, as shown
by the first meeting on
lethal autonomous weapons systems chaired
by France at the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) in May 2014.