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Disappointment in The Hague as states fail to reach consensus on the final report & political declaration of the Chemical Weapons Convention’s milestone 5th Review Conference. 
Consensus agreement was not possible “due to the limited time available & context of current global affairs.” The Chemical Weapons Convention #RevCon5 will formally conclude on Friday afternoon.
Lack of formal agreement at the Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference shows current fragile state of multilateral disarmament diplomacy & pitfalls of consensus decision-making which a handful of countries—sometimes just 1 military power—exploit
Governments should protect the integrity of the international treaty banning #ChemicalWeapons by fully implementing it & by ensuring accountability for any violations - @hrw on the Review Conference, which opens in the Hague today hrw.org/news/2023/05/1… #CWCRevcon
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@hrw @henkvdKwast @minbuza @balkeesjarrah @loucharbon @OPCW @OPCW_ST @UN_Disarmament @INakamitsu @cwccoalition The #ChemicalWeapons Convention is the world’s most universally accepted humanitarian disarmament treaty. At least 140 of the 193 countries that have ratified it will attend the milestone 5th Review Conference in the Hague this week #CWCRevcon #RevCon5
I'm attending the 5th Review Conference of the #ChemicalWeapons Convention this week. It's @hrw's first participation in a CWC meeting after years of being denied entry. Yet inexplicably other civil society groups are still blocked hrw.org/news/2023/05/1… #CWCRevCon #RevCon5
We went line-by-line through the new DoD policy on autonomous weapons so you don't have to!
The new CNAS Noteworthy on DoD Directive 3000.09, Autonomy in Weapons, analyzes changes from the prior policy and what they mean for the U.S. military
cnas.org/press/press-no…
The new CNAS Noteworthy on DoD Directive 3000.09, Autonomy in Weapons, analyzes changes from the prior policy and what they mean for the U.S. military
cnas.org/press/press-no…
The photo that changed the world: 50 years ago @nickut captured Kim Phuc & other children fleeing an incendiary weapons attack in #Vietnam washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/… The United States air force had dropped 4 napalm bombs on a village where civilians were sheltering @hrw #CCWUN
@nickut @hrw @Harvard_ACCPI @UN_Disarmament @DisarmamentIRL @kim_foundation Public revulsion over the suffering of napalm victim Kim Phuc & other civilians in #Vietnam increased pressure on the US to stop the war, as @nickut explains in @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/… That happened less than 3 years later with the fall of Saigon.
Public outrage at civilian suffering from US napalm use in Vietnam led to stronger rules protecting civilians in warfare. In 1981 governments adopted new international law prohibiting aerial incendiary weapons attacks in civilian areas hrw.org/topic/arms/inc… #CCWUN Protocol III
Prospect of autonomous weapons is of deep concern globally & for #NewZealand. Machines making life & death decisions challenge fundamental values. #AWSDialogueNZ #KeepCtrl #TeamHuman
#NewZealand Govt has conducted a survey to collect views from the public. There’s limited public awareness but it found 72% opposed use of lethal autonomous weapons systems. Oppose machines being used to kill. #AWSDialogueNZ #KeepCtrl
#NewZealand government would prefer legally-binding rules on autonomous weapons systems. See the most effective control in a forum that works & delivers. #CCwUN must rise to the challenge before it. Time is off the essence! @PhilTwyford #AWSDialogueNZ
Unlike before the pandemic, I’m now following this week’s #CCWUN diplomatic meeting on #KillerRobots from a great distance: hrw.org/news/2021/08/0… Being in #Aotearoa #NewZealand provides a refreshing new perspective. #AWSDialogueNZ @hrw
@hrw @UNGeneva @ousmannoor @BanKillerRobots @UN_Disarmament Military investments into lethal autonomous weapons systems are taking us down a dangerous path for global peace & security. Machines have no moral agency, empathy or responsibility - @NoelSharkey @icracnet #AWSDialogueNZ #KillerRobots #CCWUN
Fundamental challenges raised by removing human control from the use of force are only rising the longer it takes to regulate. As retired Maj. Gen. Mike Smith notes accountability cannot be transferred to machines. #AWSDialogueNZ #KillerRobots #CCWUN
ICYMI, China has posted a working paper for the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) #CCWUN unog.ch/80256EDD006B89…
Here are a few initial reflections. First, it's encouraging that China is actively participating in this process, and I hope China (and Russia) will remain engaged on the legal and ethical issues underlying their development of military applications of AI.
At the same time, it's important to note that the Chinese military and defense industry are actively engaged in research and development of - and experimentation with - a range of AI-enabled capabilities, including swarm intelligence, as I've documented. cnas.org/publications/r…
Have you been ignoring #autonomousweapons for the past 18 months and are now suddenly scrambling to catch up before the #CCWUN #LAWS #GGE next week? (You know who you are...) Congrats, your procrastination has been rewarded! Here's your handy autonomous weapons reading list... 1/
First, homework. The official #CCWUN food-for-thought paper by the chair. Gotta read it. Super short, tho. undocs.org/ccw/gge.1/2017… 2/
Country paper by the Netherlands: undocs.org/ccw/gge.1/2017… 3/
