Sentences with phrase «of autonomous weapons systems»

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

Therefore it is imperative to halt the development of autonomous weapons systems before they gain disastrous momentum.

It is of course possible to construct scenarios in which the use of an autonomous weapon system might result in fewer deaths than the use of soldiers and human - controlled weapons.

This concerns a wide range of weapon systems which fall under the umbrella term of autonomous weapon systems, sometimes referred to as «lethal autonomous weapon systems».

In 2014, the Special Rapporteur urged the Human Rights Council to «remain seized» with the issue of autonomous weapons systems and «make its voice heard as the international debate unfolds.»

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.

Delegates considered the impact of development of autonomous weapons systems on human dignity, highlighting the devolution of life and death decisions to a machine as a key ethical concern.

In light of persistent statements from some delegations that they are uncertain about what we are talking about here, we hope to hear states share their current understanding of autonomous weapons systems.

It includes a excel sheet dataset survey of autonomous weapons systems, their developers, and other metrics.

AAR Japan finds that technological developments aimed at lowering cost and risk to human soldiers as well as increasing speed and efficiency have led to the development of autonomous weapons systems with various levels of human control.

At least 23 nations spoke on the matter of autonomous weapons systems in their statements: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the USA.

With respect to the scope of what was discussed at the Chatham House, Scharre's depiction of the conference being focused only on «anti-material» autonomous weapons systems is confusing, as the conference addressed all types of autonomous weapons systems, including «anti-personnel.»

States, and everyone else who fights these days, use war to force a policy on an adversary through violence, and our enemies wouldn't be able to change our policy by creating a scrap heap of our autonomous weapons systems on the battlefield.

Prior to the «Night of Peace» Sharkey and Miriam Struyk from PAX met with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence to discuss the need for a national policy on fully autonomous weapons as well as further international debate, including on the question of how to ensure «meaningful» human control of autonomous weapons systems.

This year (2015), the Open Roboethics initiative conducted a survey to better understand public opinions on the question of the ethics and governance of autonomous weapons systems that makes the decision to use lethal force without requiring human intervention and systems in which a person in a remote location makes the decision.

The technical sessions begins on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning with a review of the state of play on research and development of autonomous weapons systems as well as an exchange on the military rationale for autonomous functions in weapons systems.

The Laureates urge public debate about the ethics and morality of autonomous weapons systems.

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.

This letter has been released one week before the international community meets under the auspices of the CCW to discuss the issue of autonomous weapons systems.

In the future, these concerns, and others, may apply also to the use of autonomous weapons systems, or what are known as «killer robots», which, once activated, can select and engage targets and operate in dynamic and changing environments without further human intervention.

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

In a letter to Thomas Küchenmeister of Facing Finance, the German coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, the foreign minister urged «respect and observance» of international humanitarian law in the development of autonomous weapons systems and stated that the government «is pursuing initiatives relating to this topic with great interest and is ready to move forward.»

In the survey 11,500 citizens across 25 [1] countries were asked «The United Nations is reviewing the strategic, legal and moral implications of autonomous weapons systems.

The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Professor Christof Heyns, is due to present his latest report (A - HRC -26-36) to the the Human Rights Council on 12 June recommending that the body «remain seized» with the issue of autonomous weapons systems and «make its voice heard as the international debate unfolds.»

Ms. Bonnie Docherty of Human Rights Watch, a campaign co-founder, will speak on the human rights implications of autonomous weapons systems, including the basic tenants of the right to life, principle of humanity, and dictates of the public conscience or Marten's Clause.

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

He said, «I particularly encourage you to further engage in dialogue on all aspects of the issue of autonomous weapons systems, to better understand their potentially grave humanitarian impact and to consider their implications in the context of international humanitarian law and the Convention.»