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missile strikes are causing high civilian casualties in opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo in violation of the laws of war. A Human Rights Watch team in northern Aleppo province has investigated recent attacks that killed scores of civilians and destroyed dozens of civilian homes without damaging any apparent opposition military targets.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/us-statement-senate-judiciary-committee-targeted-killing">US: Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Targeted Killing"</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">On April 23, 2013, the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights held a hearing entitled “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing”. Letta Tayler, Senior Researcher in the Terrorism/Counterterrorism Division submitted the following testimony for the record.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/arms-new-campaign-stop-killer-robots">Arms: New Campaign to Stop Killer Robots</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 23, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Civil society will lead the way to press governments to ban fully autonomous weapons</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/why-so-many-syrians-wish-rain">Why So Many Syrians Wish For Rain</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Life in Aleppo is not easy. People here have suffered from shortages of food, electricity and running water, and there has been little humanitarian assistance. The long, cold winter months were particularly rough. The only possible consolation was that there were fewer air strikes because of the cloudy, rainy weather. The government’s jets only seem to fly – and drop bombs – when the sky is blue.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/us-ban-fully-autonomous-weapons">US: Ban Fully Autonomous Weapons</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Temporary US restrictions on lethal fully autonomous weapons should be strengthened and made permanent. </font></span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/15/review-2012-us-policy-autonomy-weapons-systems">Review of the 2012 US Policy on Autonomy in Weapons Systems</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 15, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p><span style="line-height: 110%; font-family: "MetaPro-Norm","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: SeriaArabic; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">On November 21, 2012, the US Department of Defense issued its first public policy on autonomy in weapons systems. Directive Number 3000.09 (the Directive) lays out guidelines for the development and use of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems by the Department of Defense.</font></span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/10/syria-aerial-attacks-strike-civilians">Syria: Aerial Attacks Strike Civilians</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Syrian Air Force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians. These attacks are serious violations of international humanitarian law (the laws of war), and people who commit such violations with criminal intent are responsible for war crimes.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/21/us-move-drone-strike-program-military">US: Move Drone Strike Program to Military</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A reported plan to transfer the United States targeted killing program from the Central Intelligence Agency to the Defense Department could improve transparency and accountability, though a number of other concerns with the program would remain.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/16/syria-mounting-casualties-cluster-munitions">Syria: Mounting Casualties from Cluster Munitions</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Syrian forces’ use of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501055339/http://www.hrw.org/topic/arms/cluster-munitions">cluster munitions</a>in residential areas is causing mounting civilian casualties. 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