In our podcast series “Stay in Command’ we give you a down-under perspective on indiscriminate weapons. To date, the series focuses on lethal autonomous weapons and the need to maintain meaningful human control over weapons use and the decision to deploy force.
Welcome to SafeGround, the small organisation with big ideas working in disarmament, human security, climate change and victims of war. In our series ‘Stay in Command’, we talk about lethal autonomous weapons, the Australian context and why we mustn’t delegate decision making from human to machines. We are part of the International Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.
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In this episode of Stay in Command we showcase the ICRC perspective on autonomous weapons and the need for limits. Our guest is a weapons and disarmament expert, Neil Davison from ICRC’s Department of Law and Policy at Geneva HQs bringing his own insight and the ICRC’s view.
Content in this Episode:
ICRC mandate and approach to weapons issues [1:14]
Humanitarian concerns of autonomous weapons [2:27]
Legal Issues [5:40]
Human Control as a core concept [8:14]
Ethical perspective [10:36]
Limits on autonomy [12:28]
International talks and ‘crunch-time'[16:59]
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If you want to know more look for us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Australia Campaign to Stop Killer Robots or use the hashtag #AusBanKillerRobots.
Become part of the movement so we Stay in Command!
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