Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots

Losing Humanity
The Case against Killer Robots
November 19, 2012
Published by Human Rights Watch

This 55 page report outlines concerns about these fully autonomous weapons, which would inherently lack human qualities that provide legal and non-legal checks on the killing of civilians. In addition, the obstacles to holding anyone accountable for harm caused by the weapons would weaken the law’s power to deter future violations.

HRW Press Release: http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/19/ban-killer-robots-it-s-too-late
HTML Report: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/11/19/losing-humanity
ISBN: 1-56432-964-X
PDF Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/arms1112ForUpload_0_0.pdf

Rebuttal: What Human Rights Watch’s “Case Against Killer Robots” Gets Wrong About Military Realities
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/11/20/human_rights_watch_s_...

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