UNGA Informals on LAWSICRAC Statement on Ethical ConsiderationsDelivered by Prof. Peter Asaro on May 13, 2025 Thank you, Chair. I speak on behalf of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, or ICRAC, a group of academics, experts, scholars and researchers in computer science, artificial intelligence, robotics, international law, political science, philosophy and ethics. ICRAC […] Continue Reading

UNGA LAWS InformalsICRAC Statement on Technical ConsiderationsDelivered by Prof. Peter Asaro, 13 May 2025 Thank you Chair. I speak on behalf of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, or ICRAC, a co-founding member of the Stop Killer Robots Campaign. ICRAC has many concerns about the development and use of autonomous weapons and the accelerated […] Continue Reading

Statement on Security in “Open informal consultations on lethal autonomous weapons systems held in accordance with General Assembly resolution 79/62, 12-13 May 2025”. Thank you Chair, Presenters, Delegates, My name is Dr. Matthew Breay Bolton, I am Co-Director of Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute and a member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control […] Continue Reading

11 April 2025 The International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) values the opportunity to submit our views to the United Nations Secretary-General in response to Resolution A/RES/79/239 “Artificial intelligence in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security.” Founded in 2009, ICRAC is a civil society organization of experts in artificial […] Continue Reading

The International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) values the opportunity to submit its perspectives and recommendations to be considered by the United Nations Secretary General with respect to Resolution 78/241 on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (adopted in December 2023). Founded in 2009, ICRAC is an international committee of experts in robotics technology, artificial intelligence, […] Continue Reading

Despite the challenges of COVID-19, 21-25 September the world’s governments will discuss at the UN in Geneva the humanitarian and security threat posed by “lethal autonomous weapons systems” – high-tech killer robots that could target people without meaningful human control over the use of violence. But despite the media clichés that often accompany these discussions […] Continue Reading