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In welcome news, the Aotearoa New Zealand government has announced it will push for the adoption of new international law to prohibit and limit autonomous weapons systems. The policy commits New Zealand to play “a leadership role in building an inclusive coalition of states, experts and civil society” to achieve this goal.

ANHA – The use of chemical weapons is considered a crime in many international conventions and treaties. However, the Turkish state continues to perpetrate this crime in front of the whole world on a daily basis. Although using it against the Kurdish people and guerrilla has been documented hundreds of times, the Turkish state has […]

To put it concisely, these are amongst the most devastating explosive weapons short of tactical nuclear weapons.

Amnesty International (AI) and the Stop Killer Robots campaign, on Tuesday, unveiled a social media filter which provides a terrifying glimpse of the

Allowing machines to make life-or-death decisions is an assault on human dignity, and will likely result in devastating violations of human rights.

High school student Muhammed Assi experienced excruciating burns and severe respiratory damage when an incendiary weapon landed on his school in Syria

The facial recognition software fitted in the AI system was designed to just target Fakhrizadeh and leave his wife unscathed.

: L'organisation Amnesty International a accusé lundi Israël de "crime de guerre" après que l'armée d'occupation eut utilisé des bombes au phosphore blanc

There appears to be no violation of international law in possible weapons transfer from Iran to Venezuela

Peter Maurer: “We must decide what role we want human beings to play in life-and-death decisions during armed conflicts” Format Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for joining me in this virtual briefing. I am pleased to share with you an important development in the ICRCs analysis and recommendations about autonomous weapons and to hear your views on this topic this afternoon and beyond. New developments in digital technologies are taking place at a startling pace, affecting the ...