UNA-UK is a member of the global Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. We are a coalition of NGOs, academics and tech workers working to ban fully autonomous weapons and thereby retain meaningful human control over the use of force.
The UK Government’s Strategic Defence Review 2025 marks a dramatic pivot toward the increased development and deployment of “autonomous capabilities to generate mass and lethality” (or, autonomous weapons systems) as
On the 12th and 13th of May the United Nations held informal consultations on the future development of autonomous weapons systems. Below is a video form the United Nations Secretary
Dear Secretary of State, Autonomous weapons systems: consultations at the UN General Assembly We are writing to ask the Government to seize two current opportunities to make progress towards its
Last week, Labour announced an increase in military spending to 2.5% in response to growing instability on the world stage. The coming months and years will see an unprecedented investment
On 5 February 2025, Alphabet, which owns Google, reneged on its pledge to not use AI for weapons. Despite their stated approach to AI, which they claim is “grounded in
As world leaders and technology executives convene in Paris this week to discuss artificial intelligence, deep divisions have already emerged, with some nations refusing to support international AI regulation. Both
The call for a comprehensive international treaty on Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) has become more urgent than ever. As technological advancements in AI continue to develop at an accelerating pace,
In the last 12 months, there have been reports of the use of Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) in Ukraine, as well as of growing us of and AI-powered military tools
If the new Labour government is really committed to international law and multilateral arms control, it should support the international negotiation of a new treaty to control the development and
We welcome the new Labour government and the commitments within its manifesto to strengthen the UK position on the world stage, using our position within the UN to uphold human
