UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
We work to obtain the UK Government's support for an international treaty that:
a) prohibits autonomous weapons that cannot be meaningfully controlled and those that target humans
b) regulates other autonomous weapons to ensure meaningful human control over the use of force
We are a member of the global Stop Killer Robots campaign - a coalition of over 180 organisations working across more than 60 countries
Latest news
Autonomous Weapon Systems are now too Urgent to Ignore
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 such as ‘decision support systems,’ which have been linked to devastating harm to civilians in Gaza.” Despite this being the reality of modern warfare, there are currently no specific international rules governing AWS and military AI. This situation is so urgent that Prime Minister Keir Starmer used his maiden speech at the General Assembly to highlight the threat of new technologies being deployed by militaries without agreed international rules and the need to get to grips with this urgent challenge govern their use. Keir Starmer’s speech aligns the UK more closely with last year’s call from the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who urged states to negotiate a treaty on AWS by 2026. There is wide support for such a treaty
Why the new UK government should support a treaty on autonomous weapons
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
Statement at the start of a new Parliament
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
New Report on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence
The Science, Innovation, and Technology Select Committee released its new report on the Governance of artificial intelligence today. The report highlights the regulatory situation in the US and the EU
Open letter to the Secretary of State for Defence on the UN Secretary General’s report on Autonomous Weapons Systems
To: Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence On 1 November 2023, the UN General Assembly’s First Committee voted for the first ever UN resolution on autonomous
Ministerial Statement on Seoul AI Conference
On Wednesday, Ministers from more than 28 nations met in Seoul for the second ministerial conference on AI safety. The summit, co-hosted by the UK and the Republic of Korea,
Humanity at the Crossroads conference- Vienna
This week Stop Killer Robots, with several members of UK campaign, attended Humanity at the Crossroads, the Austrian government’s high-level meeting on autonomous weapons. This was the largest meeting on
House of Lords Debates AI in Weapon Systems Report
In 2022 the House of Lords established a Committee to consider the use of artificial intelligence in weapon systems. Focusing on the challenges, risks and benefits of Autonomous Weapon Systems
Open Letter: UK Government must ensure that the UK is not complicit in Israel’s AI-supported killing of Palestinian civilians
This week members and friends of the UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots – technology experts and engineers, international lawyers and human rights advocates, academics and individuals of conscience –
Open letter to UK Government on the devastating attacks on Palestine
To: Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, UK Prime Minister; Lord David Cameron, Foreign Secretary United Kingdom Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Mr Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom; Mr Andrew
