Despite serious ethical and legal issues, some states including the UK, are pushing ahead with development of autonomous weapons. Existing laws are insufficient to address the dangers of autonomy in

As part of the long-overdue Defence Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the UK Government has unveiled a new policy on autonomous weapons – so-called “killer robots”. Published as an annex on “Lethal

This story was originally published by UNA-UK. UNA-UK welcomes the decision by the UK Government to endorse, along with 69 other states, a joint statement on lethal autonomous weapons systems delivered last

Urgent questions need to be asked around the transparency, accountability and governance of our financial ecosystem. From the spread of terrorism, human trafficking, drugs, corruption to money laundering breaches by

Historic opportunity to regulate killer robots fails as a handful of states block the majority. New hope for the start of treaty negotiations in 2022 as political leadership emerges. It’s

Over the last decade, the pace of technological advance has raised the prospect of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or ‘killer robots’ – weapons that can make the decision to kill

During a parliamentary debate in the House of Lords, the UK Government repeatedly refused to rule out the possibility that the UK may deploy lethal autonomous weapons in the future.  At the

This story was originally published by UNA-UK. Over the last decade, the pace of technological advance has raised the prospect of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or ‘killer robots’ – weapons that can make the

In July 2021, Article 36, a member organisation of the UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, launched a six-episode podcasts series. The episodes explore the complex challenges posed by lethal

This story was originally published by UNA-UK. Over the last decade, the pace of technological advance has raised the prospect of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or ‘killer robots’ – weapons that can make the