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
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 rights and international law. We are encouraged by the commitment to conduct a Strategic Defence Review within the first year of government. We are also excited to see yesterday’s announcement that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will expand to respond to the opportunities and challenges that new developments in AI present and ensure such technologies are safely developed and deployed. In this spirit we hope the new government will fully engage with treaty negotiations when they begin, and to support moves towards negotiation through the UN General Assembly, to meet the UN Secretary-General’s 2026 deadline to negotiate a treaty
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
UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots welcomes House of Lords Report
The UK Government must heed the Lords’ call to lead in international engagement on regulating autonomous weapons systems (AWS), and abandon its attachment to unproductive forums. The UK Campaign to
