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
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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 use of autonomous weapons systems, argues Elizabeth Minor. The new UK Labour government has identified the international rule of law, reinvigorating alliances, and forging new partnerships as key elements of its foreign policy vision. The UK now has a Foreign Secretary who has committed to turning a new leaf and putting the international rule of law at the heart of Britain’s foreign policy, and a Defence Secretary who has promised to “lead moves in the UN to negotiate new multilateral arms controls and rules of conflict for space, cyber and AI”. It is hard to imagine a policy that aligns more closely with these priorities than supporting the international negotiation of a new legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. According to the International Committee of the
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
Work with us: UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Coalition Coordinator
Part-time consultancy opportunity commencing April 2024 The UK-based Stop Killer Robots coalition is a group of NGOs, academics and campaigners united in their concerns around the ethical, moral and technical challenges posed by
