To Prevent Murders Committed by Robots
“Killer robots” are weapons that can autonomously select and engage targets without human judgement and are also called “lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS).” They don’t exist yet, but if these robots are deployed, it would be possible to kill targets without any human intervention.
In April 2013, an international coalition of civil society, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, was launched to prevent the development of killer robots. AAR Japan has participated as a member of steering committee of this campaign since its foundation, with the belief that killer robots are not merely a political or military matter, but a humanitarian one on which civil society need work together,
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The
launch meeting of ‘Campaign to Stop Killer Robots’ (April 2013). Pictured in the third woman from the left is Ms. Mary WAREHAM, The Global Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (c) Campaign to
Stop Killer Robots
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What are the problems of killer robots? How advanced is the development?
AAR Japan will host an evening forum with Ms. Mary Wareham, Global Coordinator of the Campaign, and Mr. Shoichi Nagayoshi, Senior Specialist of Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a guest speaker. Please join us in the event to learn more about Killer Robots and the international reaction to them.
As of March 1st 2016, 59 organizations from 26 countries participate in the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and we are looking for more organizations to join. If your organization is interested, please contact AAR Japan or of the campaign coordinator.
Evening forum: Future in Which Robots Kill Humans
- Date: Friday, March 25th, 2016
- Time: 19:00 – 20:30 (Doors open at 18:30)
- Venue: Lecture room at Bunkyo Civic Center (1-16-21 Kasuga Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
- Map: URL
- Access from nearby stations:
－1 min. walk from Kasuga Station, Toei Mita Line, Oedo Line
－8 min. walk from Suidobashi Station, JR
- Admission Fee: 1,000Yen (seating capacity of 100 people, please register in advance)
- Language: Consecutive interpretation from English to Japanese is available.
- Sponsor: AAR Japan
- Co-sponsor: Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
- Supporting: Organization: Ingram Co., Ltd
- Promoted by: Otake foundation
- Auspice Organization: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Please send an email to (Replace * with @) with your name, affiliation, phone number and email address.
Speaker
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Ms. Mary Wareham
(keynote lecture), Global Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, advocacy director of the Arms Division, Human Rights Watch
Mr. Shoichi Nagayoshi
Senior Specialist of Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
