#TeamHuman
was in📍Vienna for two important meetings on
#KillerRobots
earlier this month - including the largest ever gov't meeting on
#AutonomousWeapons
outside of the UN🔥
Here's what we got up to in Austria 🇦🇹👇
💥States voted against the machine! 💥
❌🤖This is a historic moment where the first-ever resolution against autonomous weapons systems has just been adopted by 164 states.
#VoteAgainstTheMachine
#UNGA78
“Now, two women armed with nothing more than a Nobel prize, know how and a lot of conviction are standing in front of the march of deadly
#killerrobots
. They want them banned. And they’ve done this kind of thing before.”
The Campaign to Stop
#KillerRobots
has been awarded the Peace Prize of the City of Ypres. 90% of those who voted were younger than 18 years old 🔥Thank you for voting 🙌 We're honoured and will keep working for a safer future 💯
#TeamHuman
@Stadleper
@paxchristiVL
For the first time ever, 69 states from across the world have united in delivering a joint statement on
#KillerRobots
. This is the LARGEST cross-regional group statement ever made throughout UN discussions on the issue.
#UNGA77
#TeamHuman
We welcome news today that the
@ICRC
believes new legal rules are needed to respond to the moral, legal and humanitarian concerns posed by autonomy in weapons systems. This significant development inspires hope that a new legal reality is possible.
For the first time ever, 70 states from across the world have united in delivering a joint statement on
#KillerRobots
. This is the LARGEST cross-regional group statement ever made throughout UN discussions on the issue.
#UNGA77
#TeamHuman
We’ve been making a documentary! We’re super proud of how it’s come out. It’s called Immoral Code and will be available to view at from 24th May.
#StopKillerRobots
#ImmoralCode
#TeamHuman
"We should not delegate the decision to kill to a machine". Some governments are claiming that it's possible to programme ethics into fully autonomous weapons. It's not. Professor
@NoelSharkey
of
@icracnet
explains why it's not.
#KillerRobots
#ThursdayThoughts
“I call for all African states + Africans as individuals to partake in these conversations..to bring their perspectives in the formulation of policies so that we can all holistically contribute to governance frameworks that will protect human beings + society's well being”
"To avoid a future where killer robots, not humans, call the shots, governments need to act now + negotiate an international treaty banning fully autonomous weapons. Any lesser measures will be doomed to failure" -
@marywareham
@hrw
#ccwun
"We're going to be doing all we can...to foster greater understanding about the serious threats posed by
#killerrobots
+ find the political support, political leadership that we need to lead us forward." Campaign Coordinator
@marywareham
at the end of the
#CCWUN
.
#FridayThoughts
This is real life, not science fiction.
@amnesty
and Stop Killer Robots have launched a global petition to call for the regulation of autonomous weapons. We can choose our future.
Sign the petition now:
#TeamHuman
#StopKillerRobots
⚡️New
@hrw
report here: ⚡️
"Concerns about removing human control from the use of
force + permitting machines to take human life on the battlefield or in policing, are only increasing, they are not going away"
@marywareham
.
#KeepCtrl
#KillerRobots
Different weapons, same reasoning... we have an opportunity to stop
#KillerRobots
before they too cause devastating human suffering. Join us or find out more:
#KeepingCtrl
States have been “spending weeks coming to agreement that it's illegal to use things that are illegal…I think these discussions have frankly run out of road.”
The
#CCWUN
is continuing in informal mode as civil society is kicked out of the room because of Russia’s objections.
Hello from the team on the ground today at the
#CCWUN
. Many thanks to campaigners watching and contributing from around the world 🌍We’re working together to build a world where autonomous weapons that target people are 💯unacceptable 🖐☠️🤖
#TeamHuman
#KillerRobots
Press release, 17 Dec 2021: Historic opportunity to regulate killer robots fails as a handful of states block the majority. New hope for the start of treaty negotiations in 2022 as political leadership emerges.🔗⬇️
#CCWUN
#news
#pressrelease
#pr
#media
We encourage nations to be bolder + stronger: start negotiating a new legally binding instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems, as so many states have requested over the years.
#CCWUN
must produce a credible result.
Why are we working to retain meaningful human control over the use of force? Because no country would be safe from fully autonomous weapons systems:
#CCWUN
📣Press release: Significant act of political + moral leadership as Latin American + Caribbean states issue a historic call for the urgent negotiation of international law on autonomy in weapons systems
#KillerRobots
#DigitalDehumanisation
@CRcancilleria
🔗
It's great to be back at the
@UNGeneva
for the
#CCWUN
🙌"We are here to talk about why autonomous weapons should not be permitted to target human beings, this undermines human dignity and reduces human beings to data...". ⬇️
#TeamHuman
#KeepCtrl
🖐☠️🤖
⚡️Breaking⚡️In a joint appeal the Secretary-General of the UN,
@antonioguterres
and President of the
@ICRC
Mirjana Spoljaric are calling on political leaders “to urgently establish new international rules on autonomous weapon systems, to protect humanity.”
WE DID IT.
AND WE DID IT TOGETHER. ✊
On Wednesday, in a historic moment, the first-ever resolution on autonomous weapons was voted on and adopted by 164 states at the UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security.
#VoteAgainstTheMachine
1/4
"I'm greatly encouraged by all of the activities that I see happening around the world in support of the call to ban
#KillerRobots
... from the
#Scouts
, to the national activities, to the
#tech
workers... we see support building for our goal."
#CCWUN
@marywareham
@hrw
“Governments need to regulate unacceptable uses of A.I., including autonomous weapons systems. This is an urgent issue and we want to see international action now” -
@damini_satija
from
@amnesty
at the
#REAIM2023
conference
#REAIM
@REAIMsummit
We’re finishing off day 3 at the
#CCWUN
with some great news! Belgium has announced their support for the negotiation of a legally binding instrument 🙌 Momentum is building 🔥 Huge congratulations
@BelgiumUNGeneva
@BelgiumMFA
👏👏👏
"The increasing use of systems with concerning levels of autonomy demonstrates the urgent need for clear prohibitions and regulations on autonomy in weapons systems in international law."
Read our comment on the Lavender data processing system in Gaza:
"Our coalition is not driven by concerns over “killer robots running amok” but rather by the urgent need to tackle the serious threats that fully autonomous weapons pose to our very humanity." Campaign coordinator Mary Wareham on behalf of 130 NGOs in 60 countries
#CCWUN
🔥1/3 ⬇️
👇👇👇 This is the moment when the first-ever resolution on autonomous weapons was adopted at the UN’s
#FirstCommittee
.
164 states voted in favour of this resolution – that’s 93% of all the states that voted!
#VoteAgainstTheMachine
1/2
Don’t just rage against the machine, vote against it too!!!!
The
#UNGA2023
starts this week, and states there will have a chance to
#VoteAgainstTheMachine
by supporting a resolution against
#KillerRobots
.
1/5
We’re in San José for our
#DigitalDehumanisation
Conference + to attend the seminal meeting hosted by Costa Rica on the social and humanitarian impacts of autonomous weapons. 30 states from Latin America and the Caribbean are coming together and it’s a big moment
#KillerRobots
⬇️
“Human Rights Watch believes that removing human control from the use of force will undermine human dignity and violate basic human rights…” The Belen communiqué has certainly placed the pressure on states here
#CCWUN
to find a way forward.
#KillerRobots
#DigitalDehumanisation
"The risks posed by autonomy in weapon systems are serious, and we see increasing evidence of their use in contemporary conflicts...Unless states act now, autonomous weapon systems will proliferate and threaten int'l peace and security for all the states in this room"
#CCWUN
The
@BanKillerRobots
team is back at the
#CCWUN
with campaigners here in Geneva and those joining virtually from around the 🌎🌍🌏 Follow events: Stop
#KillerRobots
🖐☠️☠️🤖
📢🗣️ ANNOUNCEMENT 🗣️📢
Our documentary short Immoral Code is NOW LIVE for you to watch as an instant premiere and on demand for free at
Here's our very own
@ClareConboy
talking about the film, the campaign and why we need a ban on Killer Robots
Day 1️⃣ at UN
#CCWUN
for diplomatic talks on
#KillerRobots
🤖
There’s a clear need for political leadership to strengthen international norms and ensure meaningful human control in the use of force
#KeepCtrl
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the week!
We're on our way to
#RightsCon
Costa Rica 🇨🇷! We’re so excited to take part in the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age to talk killer robots, digital dehumanisation, automated decision-making, & more! Stay tuned for updates throughout the week ✌️
#TeamHuman
We call on states at the
#CCWUN
to urgently address the challenges posed by
#KillerRobots
🤖 and launch negotiations of new international law to address autonomy in weapons systems and ensure meaningful human control
#TeamHuman
#KeepCtrl
Head of
@Microsoft
Brad Smith says weapons systems must "not be allowed to decide on their own to engage in combat + who to kill.” Calls a new international treaty to retain meaningful human control over use of force -
@Telegraph
🖐☠️🤖
#toolsandweapons
“New law is needed on this issue, prohibitions to rule out systems that can’t be meaningfully controlled, prohibitions that would rule out systems that could target people, prohibiting machines from killing human beings”
Richard Moyes
@Article36
#CCWUN
#KillerRobots
#KeepCtrl
⬇️
1/3 Latest poll by
@Ipsos
finds that 62% of people in 28 countries oppose 🙅♂️ using lethal autonomous weapons systems. 🤖
This shows that support for a ban on
#KillerRobots
remains steady and strong across the world.
Finland's new government wants to ban
#KillerRobots
🙌🙌🙌 Congrats
@Rauhanliitto
on a great result! Our movement is spreading and opposition to fully autonomous weapons is growing. Thank you to our campaigners working hard around the world.
#WednesdayMotivation
🖐☠️🤖
⚡️OUR NEW WEBSITE AND BRAND ARE LIVE ⚡️
Head over to ➡️ for everything you need to join
#TeamHuman
and be part of the movement to Stop
#KillerRobots
!🖐☠️🤖
Questions from the Russia Federation about NGO contributions to the
#CCWUN
. We extend our appreciation to states who vocalised their support for the long-standing right of civil society to contribute. 🇲🇽🇨🇱🇺🇾🇨🇦🇩🇪🇦🇹🇧🇪🇫🇷🇮🇪🇲🇪🇳🇿🇺🇸
Majority of states propose to negotiate new International law while a small number of military powers hold them back. The
#CCWUN
meeting has concluded.
Stop Killer Robots has been awarded the Ypres Peace Prize, which is a big honor for us!
The prize was voted on by young people and kids across Belgium who had studied our campaign 🖐☠️🤖
#YpresPeacePrize
#TeamHuman
#KillerRobots
This week campaigners from around the world are joining us in Buenos Aires! Keep up to date with all of our activities, updates and news here, on our Twitter and Instagram with
#KillerRobotsBA
#RobotsAsesinosBA
💯😎🔥
@SehlacOrg
We are very pleased to see our Campaign's coordinator
@marywareham
on this list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics:
Clearly there is no excuse for manels about
#autonomousweapons
with all these experts around.
The
@BanKillerRobots
staff team was honoured to accept the
#YpresPeacePrize
on behalf of our incredible campaigners from around the 🌍. We were awarded this prize by the young people of Ypres and we leave here full of renewed hope and determination to Stop
#KillerRobots
🖐☠️🤖
We brought our robot campaigner to the
@UN
in
#NewYork
where there was palpable excitement for our call to ban
#KillerRobots
🔥✊ A press conference, an event and plenty of excitement! Check out the highlights 🎥🍿💯⬇️
“The CARICOM Declaration on Autonomous Weapons Systems is a historic milestone, and will significantly contribute to the international political and policy landscape on autonomous weapons.”
#CARICOMAWS
#KillerRobots
@CImpacs
@SGI_OUNA
“A communiqué from this region calling for a legally binding instrument is a historic milestone, significantly building momentum to the international effort to establish a new treaty on autonomous weapons systems”- Our statement at today’s conference
@CRcancilleria
@ousmannoor
We are at the
#CCWUN
informal consultation at the UN in Geneva this morning. States speaking here have recognised growing public concern about
#killerrobots
. The best way to address this concern? Negotiate new international law to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons.
As
@BanKillerRobots
, we're working for a world that rejects the automation of killing and promotes meaningful human control over the technological tools that human beings create" 🔥 It's 💯 time for some midweek insights on the
#CCWUN
.
@elizabethminor3
of
@Article36
#TeamHuman
"We urge states to take action this year to launch negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems"-
@ousmannoor
#StopKillerRobots
statement at yesterday's
#CCWUN
meetings on
#KillerRobots
.
Watch the full video ➡️
Retaining meaningful human control over weapons systems is essential to our shared security. Campaign Coordinator
@marywareham
fills us in on what the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is up to this week
#UNGA
#FirstCommittee
. Momentum for a ban to
#StopKillerRobots
is growing.
“We decided to run a petition because the discussions in the room are not reflective of people around the world..We're against digital dehumanisation & that is what autonomous weapons bring us closer to”-
@veritycoyle
Sign our joint petition with
@amnesty
"A prohibition is crucial to avoid digital dehumanization, the replication of prejudices through algorithmic bias, and an abandonment of existing legal obligations and orientations."
#CCWUN
#KillerRobots
#TeamHuman
@ousmannoor
A resolution at this year's
#UNGA78
is vital for progress on Autonomous Weapons Systems
#AWS
Here are 5 reasons why states should
#VoteAgainstTheMachine
👇
1/8
"It is not surprising or dispiriting to us that a small number of states.. already developing these weapons, are seeking to halt progress"
The
#CCWUN
has finished and a clear majority are calling for new international law to stop
#KillerRobots
. We're ready to work with them 💪🔥
“After all of the discussions, we’re seeing action and real moral and political leadership”
We’re live from the 2nd day of the regional conference on the Social & Humanitarian impact of
#AutonomousWeapons
. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day
@CRcancilleria
@ousmannoor
🎥👇🏽
We’re back in Geneva for the
#CCWUN
. Campaigners and staff have flown in from around the 🌍
#TeamHuman
It’s time for states to lead and ensure that machines won’t kill people.
#KeepCtrl
#KillerRobots
We spoke to
@amrtgaber
from
@techworkersco
at the
#CCWUN
, "We have an imperfect understanding of the world and it’s impossible for us to give machines any better understanding of the world than we have"
#KillerRobots
For more info on Project Dragonfly:
“This is a big step for us internationally, there’s a lot of momentum that’s going to come out of this conference, and we want to see that momentum taken into the international arena now”-
@rjmoyes
closing remarks at the Costa Rica regional conference
@CRcancilleria
#KillerRobots
The leadership of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is in Washington DC. We are organising, growing, the excitement is palpable. We’ve got that
#FridayFeeling
. Time for states to step up and negotiate a preemptive ban on
#KillerRobots
The 🇦🇹 gov't conference on
#AutonomousWeapons
in Vienna concluded yesterday with a chair's summary affirming commitment to new int'l law on
#AWS
📄
Thanks to our brilliant campaigners for their continued work to
#StopKillerRobots
👏
Our delegation is in Geneva 🇨🇭 for the
#CCWUN
and we’re looking forward to discussions on how states can take action to
#StopKillerRobots
.
📺 Follow along on UN WebTV:
We’re back in Geneva for Day 1 of
#CCWUN
. A lot of momentum + expectation for states to follow the example set by Latin America and the Caribbean two weeks ago. States need to draw a clear legal and moral line against machines killing people. Stay tuned
#CCWUN
#KillerRobots
“This is going to be the first step towards a global movement, towards a lot of regional conferences to build momentum to ban killer robots”
@piadevoto
at today’s regional conference on the social and humanitarian impact of
#AutonomousWeapons
@CRcancilleria
🇨🇷
Meet the Stop Killer Robots campaign! ⚡️Recap video of our
#DigitalDehumanisation
Conference last week in Costa Rica⚡️The connections, ideas, strategies made and shared are more important than ever. 2023 is going to be a big year! Stay tuned… 🙌🎉🙌
#TeamHuman
#StopKillerRobots
"The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots sees momentum building everywhere... but there is a leadership gap here...it's clear that a treaty is coming, it's just a question of whether it will be too late."
#CCWUN
#killerrobots
@marywareham
@hrw
We know youth have a stake in preventing a future of autonomous killing and digital dehumanisation 🤚☠️🤖 This year, youth around the world are calling on their governments to negotiate a treaty banning
#KillerRobots
. It's time to listen.
#YouthInTheLoop
Our campaigners have landed in Berlin! We call on the German government,
@GermanyDiplo
& PM
@HeikoMaas
to take the lead and launch formal negotiations to prohibit fully autonomous weapons
#KillerRobotsGer
“We’re so excited by the potential of this meeting”! We’re in the room at the regional conference on the social and humanitarian impacts of
#autonomousweapons
. 33 states are meeting to discuss new int’l law on
#KillerRobots
✊
Watch more below👇
@CRcancilleria
@issjones
End of week 1️⃣ here at the
#CCWUN
. A positive week talking about the importance of meaningful human control and ensuring that autonomous weapons don’t target people.
@ousmannoor
sums it up ⬇️📽
#KillerRobots
🖐☠️🤖
Retweet if you're concerned about the potential risks associated with autonomous weapons.
👉 Visit our website and discover the many ways which you can take action.
#TeamHuman
#StopKillerRobots
#AutonomousWeapons
UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, Amandeep Singh Gill, on autonomous weapons at
@rightscon
"the Secretary-General has been very clear that technology cannot be allowed to take life and death decisions" -
@gioasempre
Danke
@KillerRoboterSt
for your great action at
#brandenburgerTor
in Berlin today. The call for a ban treaty is gaining momentum around the world! Encourage the German gov't to protect their population from
#KillerRobots
by signing this petition:
#CCWUN