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This week, six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics (the maker of Spot, the robot ‘dog’) published an open letter to the robotics industry, recognising that ‘adding weapons to robots raises 'new risks of harm and serious ethical issues.’

The event provided a critical assessment of the dangers posed by autonomy in weapon systems to international human rights law, including the right to life, prohibition of inhumane and degrading treatment, freedom from discrimination, equality before the law,…

“When we say killer robots, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?” This is the question we threw around at the Sziget music festival this year, and the answers we got were both interesting and revealing…

The world waits as the CCW proves itself a failed forum. States need to find a way forward or remain complicit in the Russian led deadlock. The final meeting of 2022 of the Group of Governmental…

Although agreement on the substance of a framework continues to develop, states expressed skepticism over proposals for non-binding practices and principles and continue to call for legally binding rules on the development and use of Autonomous Weapon Systems…

The Stop Killer Robots campaign is looking for an organised and energetic Projects & Logistics Officer to play an integral role in the effective operations of our coalition! The Projects & Logistics Officer will be responsible for providing logistical, administrative,…

The Stop Killer Robots campaign is an international coalition working to address the challenges posed by autonomy in weapons systems. We are seeking tenders for a human resources consultancy to advise on and help us to strengthen a…

Photo credit: Necro Mancer (Twitter) Stop Killer Robots is deeply concerned with reports of weapons systems being used that may have options for autonomous targeting. The reported use of the KUB-BLA (also known as…

The meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) reconvened at the United Nations from 7-11th March. Now in their 9th year of discussions, states supposedly gathered to formally consider “detailed proposals for…