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What would the world look like in 2045 if we get a treaty on #KillerRobots? What would happen if we don’t? 🔮🤖 Come to our winners showcase to meet the five artists who answered these questions using everything from film to music to fiction! 📆 Wed 28 May ⏰ 12 -1PM UTC 📺 youtube.com/live/GUgL_Kj...

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📰 #NEWS ROUNDUP 📰 on the #UN consultations on #AutonomousWeapons “The cost of our inaction will be greater the longer we wait.” @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social spoke with #UN news about #KillerRobots and the urgent need for a treaty. 🎧 Listen here: soundcloud.com/unradio/poli... /1

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Taking the conversation on #AutonomousWeapons to the #UNGA allows states that aren't part of the #UNCCW to have a seat at the table and discuss issues that will be pivotal in the negotiation of new int'l law. 🎤 Edwick from @wilpf.bsky.social Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 on last week’s UN #KillerRobots consultations

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COME MEET OUR WINNERS!🥇🎨🤖 Join us for an online event next week where the 5️⃣ winning youth art contest submissions will be revealed and you'll meet the artists who created them!🙌 Details: 📆 Wednesday, 28 May ⏰ 12 -1PM UTC || 1-2PM BST|| 8-9AM EST || 📺 www.youtube.com/live/GUgL_Kj...

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TEDIC’s Pamela Peralta from Paraguay 🇵🇾 shares a #LatinAmerica perspective on last week’s informal consultations on #KillerRobots at #UN headquarters in #NYC

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I’m glad our work finds resonances. The paper is ci-authored with the excellent @ncrenic.bsky.social and is available free to read here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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🧵CAMPAIGNER STATEMENTS 🧵 The #StopKillerRobots delegation shaped last week's United Nations 🇺🇳 discussion on #AutonomousWeapons 🔑 Here are some key quotes from their interventions First up – #Amnesty's @docmattmoudi.bsky.social on humanitarian and legal concerns /1 bsky.app/profile/stop...

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#ICYMI here’s what happened at yesterday’s #London 🇬🇧 screening of our documentary ‘Immoral Code’ as part of the ‘Docs & Dialogue’ series hosted at @ucl.ac.uk. 🍿 Watch the film: www.stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/... @elizabethminor.bsky.social @article36.bsky.social

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🗣️ A message to #SouthAsian states: “engage as actively as possible as many forums as possible, especially forums…where non CCW states can also make their voices heard” #KillerRobots – #StopKillerRobots campaigner Yanitra Kumaraguru from the Forum on Disarmament and Development

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Broad interest in the first #UNGA meeting on autonomous weapons systems & substantive engagement shows why states should commit to open negotiations on a new international treaty to deal with the dangers - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

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“It's a first step to the possibility to involve all interested States of United Nations and to push this issue forward towards the legally binding instrument on #AutonomousWeapons” – Alimzhan Akhmetov from Kazakhstan on the importance of the #KillerRobots consultations to #CentralAsian 🌏 states

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“Anti-personnel systems would also inevitably have disproportionate impacts on already marginalised communities through encoding and reproducing our societal biases in data sets.” 🗣️ #KillerRobots are an ethical issue. Listen to our statement at last week’s meeting at #UN Headquarters in New York

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“I urge all #European countries, don't stop at voicing your concern. Let's commit to further discussions here in New York. Let's commit to actually negotiate a [treaty] on #AutonomousWeapons now.” – Marit Seyer, #StopKillerRobots campaigner, on next steps following the #UN consultations in #NewYork

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🍿 Join us on tomorrow in #London for a special screening of our documentary 'Immoral Code' as part of the Docs & Dialogue series – it contemplates the impact of #KillerRobots in an increasingly automated world. 📌UCL Institute of Health Informatics 📌 5- 8pm 📌 www.eventbrite.com/e/docs-dialo...

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Every state has a stake in preventing digital dehumanisation and ensuring that emerging #tech is governed by ethics, human rights, and the rule of law. The choices made today will shape the future of global security, int'l cooperation, and human dignity. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...

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“The cost of our inaction will be greater the longer we wait.” @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social spoke with #UN news about #KillerRobots, the urgent need for a treaty to regulate them, and the importance of the recent UN consultations in New York. 🎧 Listen here: soundcloud.com/unradio/poli...

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La communauté internationale sera-t-elle capable d'adopter des normes de droit international pour encadrer le développement des armes autonomes? C'était le sujet de la réunion qui a eu lieu à NY les 12&13 mai. Les risques pour les droits fondamentaux sont avérés: il faut un traité #StopKillerRobots

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Some analysis of the #autonomousweapons consultations from this week at the #UN in New York. This message ⏬⏬ is one we hope the new Australian parliament engages with, and the government will act upon, by supporting new international law negotiated in an inclusive forum to protect humanity.

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“this issue concerns the future of multilateralism, of international law, and of our shared humanity…autonomy in weapons will not be confined to the battlefield - it will affect law enforcement, border control & other domains of public life” #KillerRobots www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...

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"The absence of human judgment in critical decisions about life and death could lead to disproportionate harm to marginalized communities particularly women and girls and other minority disadvantaged groups who often bear the impacts of armed conflicts." –@shirinejurdi.bsky.social @wilpf.bsky.social

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What happened on the first day of the #UnitedNations consultations on #AutonomousWeapons in NYC? Listen to our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's recap 👇

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Machines with the power & discretion to take lives without human involvement threaten to transform warfare in ways with grave humanitarian consequences. Our president on the need for states to act now to set clear international regulations on autonomous weapons systems: http://ms.spr.ly/63322Sk226

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"The idea that you wouldn't want to rule out the delegation of life or death decisions ... to a machine seems extraordinary." Read about the importance of this week's #UN meeting on #AutonomousWeapons and the urgent need for legal safeguards to #StopKillerRobots www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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The reality of #KillerRobots on the battlefield is increasing; crucially, the need for robust law is becoming all the more pressing, and more consequential. The #UNGA offers a fully inclusive space, it is incumbent upon all states move to negotiations of new law with the requisite urgency.

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📖 Read @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's summary of civil society submissions to the #UnitedNations Secretary General's report on #AutonomousWeapons on our website: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sum...

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"In the context of rising geopolitical tensions [and] the increasing pursuit of autonomy in the use of force...moving from common understandings to a legal instrument is now critical and urgent." – @article36.bsky.social's Elizabeth Minor speaks at the #UN consultations on #AutonomousWeapons

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"The reality of #AutonomousWeapons systems on the battlefield is increasing. Crucially, the need for robust international law is becoming all the more pressing and more consequential." @verityc.bsky.social from @amnesty.org – a member of our campaign – speaks at the #UN meeting on #KillerRobots

📰 #NEWS ROUNDUP 📰 on the #UN consultations on #AutonomousWeapons “The cost of our inaction will be greater the longer we wait.” @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social spoke with #UN news about #KillerRobots and the urgent need for a treaty. 🎧 Listen here: soundcloud.com/unradio/poli... /1

TEDIC’s Pamela Peralta from Paraguay 🇵🇾 shares a #LatinAmerica perspective on last week’s informal consultations on #KillerRobots at #UN headquarters in #NYC

I’m glad our work finds resonances. The paper is ci-authored with the excellent @ncrenic.bsky.social and is available free to read here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#ICYMI here’s what happened at yesterday’s #London 🇬🇧 screening of our documentary ‘Immoral Code’ as part of the ‘Docs & Dialogue’ series hosted at @ucl.ac.uk. 🍿 Watch the film: www.stopkillerrobots.org/take-action/... @elizabethminor.bsky.social @article36.bsky.social

🗣️ A message to #SouthAsian states: “engage as actively as possible as many forums as possible, especially forums…where non CCW states can also make their voices heard” #KillerRobots – #StopKillerRobots campaigner Yanitra Kumaraguru from the Forum on Disarmament and Development

Broad interest in the first #UNGA meeting on autonomous weapons systems & substantive engagement shows why states should commit to open negotiations on a new international treaty to deal with the dangers - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Every state has a stake in preventing digital dehumanisation and ensuring that emerging #tech is governed by ethics, human rights, and the rule of law. The choices made today will shape the future of global security, int'l cooperation, and human dignity. www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...

“The cost of our inaction will be greater the longer we wait.” @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social spoke with #UN news about #KillerRobots, the urgent need for a treaty to regulate them, and the importance of the recent UN consultations in New York. 🎧 Listen here: soundcloud.com/unradio/poli...

Some analysis of the #autonomousweapons consultations from this week at the #UN in New York. This message ⏬⏬ is one we hope the new Australian parliament engages with, and the government will act upon, by supporting new international law negotiated in an inclusive forum to protect humanity.

What happened on the first day of the #UnitedNations consultations on #AutonomousWeapons in NYC? Listen to our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's recap 👇

Machines with the power & discretion to take lives without human involvement threaten to transform warfare in ways with grave humanitarian consequences. Our president on the need for states to act now to set clear international regulations on autonomous weapons systems: http://ms.spr.ly/63322Sk226

"The idea that you wouldn't want to rule out the delegation of life or death decisions ... to a machine seems extraordinary." Read about the importance of this week's #UN meeting on #AutonomousWeapons and the urgent need for legal safeguards to #StopKillerRobots www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The reality of #KillerRobots on the battlefield is increasing; crucially, the need for robust law is becoming all the more pressing, and more consequential. The #UNGA offers a fully inclusive space, it is incumbent upon all states move to negotiations of new law with the requisite urgency.

📖 Read @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's summary of civil society submissions to the #UnitedNations Secretary General's report on #AutonomousWeapons on our website: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sum...

"In the context of rising geopolitical tensions [and] the increasing pursuit of autonomy in the use of force...moving from common understandings to a legal instrument is now critical and urgent." – @article36.bsky.social's Elizabeth Minor speaks at the #UN consultations on #AutonomousWeapons

"The reality of #AutonomousWeapons systems on the battlefield is increasing. Crucially, the need for robust international law is becoming all the more pressing and more consequential." @verityc.bsky.social from @amnesty.org – a member of our campaign – speaks at the #UN meeting on #KillerRobots

Full house at our side event! #StopKillerRobots

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