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Robots</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>Fully autonomous weapons, also known as "killer robots," would be able to select and engage targets without human intervention. Fully autonomous weapons do not exist yet, but they are being developed by several countries and precursors to fully autonomous weapons have already been deployed by high-tech militaries. Some experts predict that fully autonomous weapons could be operational in 20 to 30 years. These weapons would be incapable of meeting international humanitarian law standards, including the rules of distinction, proportionality, and military necessity. The weapons would not be constrained by the capacity for compassion, which can provide a key check on the killing of civilians. 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Three rockets containing the cluster munitions fell in nearby fields, apparently doing no harm, but a fourth landed on the street between residential buildings. Its impact was devastating.</p></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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/14/syria-army-using-new-type-cluster-munition">Syria: Army Using New Type of Cluster Munition</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 14, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Syrian forces are using notoriously indiscriminate rockets that contain explosive submunitions. Evidence indicates that Syrian forces used BM-21 Grad multi-barrel rocket launchers to deliver cluster munitions in attacks near the city of Idlib in December 2012 and in Latamneh, a town northwest of Hama, on January 3, 2013.</p></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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/20/israelgaza-unlawful-israeli-attacks-palestinian-media">Israel/Gaza: Unlawful Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Media</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Four Israeli attacks on journalists and media facilities in Gaza during the November 2012 fighting violated the laws of war by targeting civilians and civilian objects that were making no apparent contribution to Palestinian military operations</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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/12/syria-incendiary-weapons-used-populated-areas">Syria: Incendiary Weapons Used in Populated Areas</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 12, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Syrian military has used air-delivered <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/topic/arms/incendiary-weapons">incendiary bombs</a> in at least fourlocations across Syria since mid-November 2012.</p></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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/07/landmine-ban-poland-final-eu-member-join">Landmine Ban: Poland Final EU Member to Join</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Poland’s announcement on December 5, 2012, that it is about to ratify the international treaty prohibiting landmines means that all 27 European Union countries have banned these unlawful weapons.</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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/07/compliance-mine-ban-treaty">Compliance with the Mine Ban Treaty</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Steve Goose, arms division director, delivered a statement on compliance at the 12th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva.</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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/stockpile-destruction-and-retention-under-mine-ban-treaty">Stockpile Destruction and Retention under the Mine Ban Treaty</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 6, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Steve Goose, arms division director, delivered a statement on stockpile destruction and retention at the 12th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva.</p></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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/27/syria-evidence-shows-cluster-bombs-killed-children-0">Syria: Evidence Shows Cluster Bombs Killed Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Compelling evidence has emerged that an airstrike using cluster bombs on the town of Deir al-`Assafeer near Damascus killed at least 11 children and wounded others on November 25, 2012</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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/22/dangerous-future-killer-robots">A Dangerous Future of Killer Robots</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 22, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The use of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031344/http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-drone-war-demands-accountability/2012/11/01/56627964-2380-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html"><u>drones to kill suspected terrorists</u></a> is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031344/http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-the-emerging-drone-culture/2012/08/02/gJQARYbtSX_story.html"><u>controversial</u></a>, but so long as a human being decides whether to fire the missile, it is not a radical shift in how humanity wages war. Since the first archer fired the first arrow, warriors have been inventing ways to strike their enemies while removing themselves from harm’s way.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <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/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/20/future-global-warfare-killer-robots">The Future of Global Warfare: Killer Robots</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Despite a lack of public awareness and public debate a number of governments, including European states, are pushing forward with the development of fully autonomous weapons - also known as killer robots. These are weapon systems that will function without any human intervention. </span></p> <p> </p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news-all/667">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031344/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031344/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123031344/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123031344/https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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