Bonnie Docherty

Inserted 2 years ago

“International law needs to be expanded to create new rules that ensure human control and accountability in the use of force. The fundamental moral, legal, and security concerns raised by autonomous weapons systems warrant a strong and urgent response in the form of a new international treaty. Killing or injuring people based on data collected by sensors and processed by machines would violate human dignity. Relying on algorithms to target people will dehumanize warfare and erode our humanity. It's feasible and essential to draw the line now on problematic emerging technologies by negotiating a new international treaty to retain meaningful human control over the use of force. There should be no more delays.”

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Senior arms researcher at Human Rights Watch and associate director of armed conflict and civilian protection at the Harvard Human Rights Clinic