May 30 2013

mayo 30, 2013

During the first Human Rights Council debate on lethal autonomous robotics following the presentation of the report by the UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial killings, 20 nations speak for the first time on the matter. Pakistan spoke first and called for a ban. Other statements were delivered by AlgeriaAustriaBrazilChinaCubaEgyptFranceGermanyIndonesiaIranMexicoMoroccoRussiaSierra LeoneSwedenSwitzerlandUK, and US, as well as the European UnionOrganization of the Islamic Conference, Latin American network GRULAC, and Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. More than 20 nations attend the campaign’s first-ever side event on May 28. See report.