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

In April 2021, the campaign’s member Drone Wars released a new survey, which maps the involvement of information technology corporations in military artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics programmes, an area

In March 2021, the UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots launched a parliamentary briefing, which outlines key concerns, as well as recent developments internationally and within the UK in relation

The Birmingham Policy Commission (BPC), chaired by Sir David Omand and coordinated by UNA-UK advisor Professor Nicholas Wheeler, has released its report “The Security Impact of Drones” exploring the issues

At a meeting of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), states have begun a first round of discussions on ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems’, also known as killer robots, in