This snapshot on the issue of autonomous weapons covers key information about Australia and has been created as a quick-read introduction. Download PDF
Fully autonomous weapons Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) or ‘killer robots’ are an alarming prospect for society and humanity. Autonomous weapons use artificial intelligence (AI) to select targets and choose
Autonomous weapons technologies which integrate artificial Intelligence (AI), are currently playing a vital and increasing role in military systems. They are emerging as pivotal technologies of future warfare. Alarmingly, we
“I want to keep the dream alive for a clean, safe future with no nuclear threat hanging over our heads” Sue Coleman Haseldine This quote from Sue Coleman Haseldine, anti-nuclear
On 1 July Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update which he described as a response to a “poorer, more dangerous world”. The Defence Strategic Update outlined
SafeGround is proud of its newly acquired membership to the International Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. This movement is concerned with lethal autonomous weapons systems, and is supporting efforts by
For more than 30 years SafeGround has engaged and worked with people and communities affected by war and conflict. Since the early 1990s we have actively supported and participated in the universalisation of the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions. We are now working on the campaigning to stop lethal autonomous weapons.
As a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines we are co-recipients of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.