An international human rights watchdog on Monday called on countries due to participate in the upcoming UN meeting in Geneva to promote dialogue on new international law banning fully autonomous weapons systems, also referred to as "killer robots.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2018) An international human rights watchdog on Monday called on countries due to participate in the upcoming UN meeting in Geneva to promote dialogue on new international law banning fully autonomous weapons systems, also referred to as "killer robots."
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems will meet in Geneva later in the day to discuss the challenges related to lethal autonomous weapons.
"Killer robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. From artificially intelligent drones to automated guns that can choose their own targets, technological advances in weaponry are far outpacing international law. We are sliding towards a future where humans could be erased from decision-making around the use of force," Rasha Abdul Rahim, the researcher and adviser on artificial intelligence and human rights at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
On August 21, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report dubbed Heed the Call: A Moral and Legal Imperative to Ban Killer Robots, arguing that fully autonomous weapons would breach the Martens Clause, which first appeared in one of the 1899 Hague Conventions.
The clause establishes a basis for protection for individuals caught up in an armed conflict in cases not covered by international agreements.
