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In a landmark joint appeal, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric have called on states to ‘urgently establish new international rules on autonomous weapons systems, to…

Stop Killer Robots is seeking to add up to three new member organisations to its Steering Committee. The Steering Committee operates as the governance board for Stop Killer Robots, and is the campaign’s principal leadership and…

The CARICOM Declaration on Autonomous Weapons Systems, adopted on 6 September 2023 at the CARICOM Conference: The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, declared commitment of states to “collaborate on endeavours aimed…

Potential loopholes in new European legislation means intrusive AI technologies could be used whenever “national security” grounds are invoked

A New Agenda for Peace, released today by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has issued an urgent call to states to adopt a legal treaty to prohibit and regulate autonomous weapons systems…

Stop Killer Robots is looking for a creative and dynamic person to join our team to support social media, communications and digital campaigning work to counter digital dehumanisation, reduce the automation of harm, and regulate autonomous weapons.

The first meeting of 2023 of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) on autonomous weapons systems (AWS) took place from 6-10th March. Following the Belén Communique…

For the first time at the United Nations General Assembly, states across the world united in delivering a joint statement on autonomous weapons systems. With a total of 70 states joining, this was the largest cross-regional group statement…

Stop Killer Robots is monitoring with concern the reported use of a loitering munition with autonomous capabilities by Russia in central Kyiv, as well as elsewhere in Ukraine.  The Shahed-136 is a one-way attack drone which…