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Oslo Conference Considers Humanitarian Dimensions of Nuclear Weapons

• 11 March 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Norway
Tags: Cluster Munition Campaign, cluster munitions, Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, humanitarianism, ICAN, ICBL, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, landmines, Nuclear Priesthood, Nuclear Weapons, Oslo

Revised Proposal for an International Convention on Robotic Weapons

• 8 October 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Autonomous Armed Robots, Autonomous Robots, Autonomy, Convention, Drones, humanitarian law, humanitarianism, international law, Killer Robots, Killer Robots Treaty, laws of war, military robots, Military Technology, Robotic Ethics, Robotic Weapons, Robotics, Treaty, UAV, UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Proposal for an International Convention on Robotic Weapons

• 2 October 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: #armstreaty, Arms Trade Treaty, Article 36, ATT, Autonomous Armed Robots, battlespace, blinding lasers, CETMONS, civilian casualties, civilian impact, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Columbia, Consortium on Emerging Technologies Military Operations and National Security, drone strikes, drone wars, Drones, explosive violence, Global Policy, humanitarian law, humanitarianism, ICRAC, International Committee for Robot Arms Control, landmines, laws of war, less-lethal weapons, Military Robotics, military robots, military transformation, mines, non-lethal weapons, Nuclear Weapons, NYU, Ottawa Convention, Pakistan, Peter Bergen, Predator, Reaper, Richard Moyes, Robotic Weapons, Stanford, survivor assistance, Thomas Nash, UAV, UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Victim Assistance, WMD

ICRAC Has a New Website

• 7 June 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Autonomous Armed Robots, disarmament, humanitarianism, ICRAC, International Committee for Robot Arms Control, landmines

Profile of Article 36

• 7 June 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: armed robots, arms control, Article 36, casuality recording, Charli Carpenter, cluster munitions, disarmament, Duck of Minerva, explosive weapons, humanitarianism, landmines, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, small arms, toxic weapons, transnational advocacy networks, weapons

Why I Have Joined the International Committee on Robot Arms Control

• 7 May 2012 • 5 Comments

Posted in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Sudan
Tags: Article 36, Autonomous Armed Robots, Bosnia, Brcko, Brcko District, Digital Warfare, humanitarian law, humanitarianism, ICRAC, ICRC, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, International Committee for Robot Arms Control, International Committee of the Red Cross, landmines, laws of war, Military Robotics, military robots, Mine Ban Treaty, mines, Ottawa Convention, technophilia

Willoughby Lauds Aid Workers

• 21 May 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in UK
Tags: aid, aid workers, Burns Prize, Guy Willoughby, HALO Trust, humanitarianism, MBE, OBE, Robert Burns Humanitarian Award, Scotland on Sunday