Tag lethal autonomous weapons

2 Dec

Taking Action to Stop Killer Robots

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 […]

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15 Nov

Stay In Command

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 […]

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14 Nov

Statement on Australian 2020 Defence Strategic Update

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 […]

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14 Nov

SafeGround joins Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

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 […]

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13 Nov

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Pacific

Join us on a mission to raise awareness and build support for a pre-emptive ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems in the Pacific region. We’re shaking things up by ensuring […]

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31 Oct

How Will Killer Robots Affect the Pacific Islands?

An arms race with lethal autonomous weapons is on. Lethal autonomous weapons, also known as Killer Robots, are a threat that the international community must address now. SafeGround is looking […]

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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.

We are a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and ClusterMunition Coalition (ICBL-CMC), the International Campaign to Abolish NuclearWeapons (ICAN), the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

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