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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨“We are therefore ready to move ahead towards negotiations.” #CCWUN closes with a joint statement from 42 states affirming that the Chair’s rolling text discussed this week can form the basis of treaty negotiations on #KillerRobots.

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Roos Boer @rboer.bsky.social · Sep 3

In GVA voor discussies over autonome wapensystemen. Kunnen we beslissingen over leven en dood overlaten aan machines zonder menselijke interventie? Zo nee, hoe bewaken we de ethische en juridische ondergrens bij autonome wapensystemen?👉https://tinyurl.com/2vpx7ft5 @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social‬

Machines mogen niet beslissen over leven en dood - PAX

Deze week wordt bij de Verenigde Naties in Genève gesproken over autonome wapensystemen - wapens die zonder menselijke controle een doelwit kunnen selecteren en aanvallen.

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Sep 2

"[Human] control as a principle in international law is crucial for drawing red lines to protect our humanity, and for establishing clearly what we find fundamentally ethically unacceptable as an int'l community." – @rboer.bsky.social delivers #StopKillerRobots statement at #CCWUN
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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Sep 2

Read the full text of the statement here:
www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sta...

Statement by Stop Killer Robots to the GGE on lethal autonomous weapons systems, 1-5 September – Stop Killer Robots

www.stopkillerrobots.org

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Aug 30

We’ll be in the room next week as diplomatic discussions on #AutonomousWeapons begin at #UNGeneva. States will be discussing the Chair’s rolling text – which could form the basis of a treaty. They must maintain the integrity of the text and move toward negotiations. Time is running out. #CCWUN

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Sep 2

“Preserving meaningful human control over the use of force is one of the core purposes of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems.” – Jimena Sofía Viveros Álvarez delivers the #StopKillerRobots statement this morning at #CCWUN

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Roos Boer @rboer.bsky.social · Jun 16

Out Today: appeal from leaders around the world to uphold norms against cluster munitions and anti personnel landmines 👉 www.tinyurl.com/yc327sf6
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Joint Appeal to Uphold the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-personnel Landmines and the Convention on Cluster Munitions - ICBLCMC

International Campaign to Ban Landmines - Cluster Munition Coalition - Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor

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Roos Boer @rboer.bsky.social · Apr 15

Dutch language tv; on why we need to defend the mine ban treaty and other disarmament treaties in times of tension; eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/door-oo... @paxforpeace.nl @minefreeworld.bsky.social

Door oorlogsdreiging stappen landen uit ontwapeningsverdragen: 'Internationale spelregels staan onder druk'

Wereldwijd liggen er miljoenen landmijnen onder de grond. Hierdoor vallen er jaarlijks honderden slachtoffers. Om dit te stoppen werd in een verdrag afgesproken dat het wapen de wereld uit moest. Maar...

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Frank Slijper @frankslijper.bsky.social · Mar 25

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested by the Israeli army after masked settlers attacked his West Bank house.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say

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PAX @paxvoorvrede.nl · Mar 24

Polen, Finland en de Baltische staten willen uit het verdrag tegen landmijnen stappen. Dit is een gevaarlijke stap, omdat landmijnen nog jarenlang dodelijk blijven en vooral burgers treffen. Waarom is dit zo problematisch?

Wij praten je bij: paxvoorvrede.nl/nieuws/besch...

Bescherm burgers tegen landmijnen - PAX

Wij maken ons zich ernstige zorgen over de aankondiging van de Baltische staten en Polen om het verdrag tegen antipersoonsmijnen te verlaten.

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International Campaign to Ban Landmines @minefreeworld.bsky.social · Mar 18

Not all options should be on the table for defense, and some lines must never be crossed. Just as nations reject biological and chemical weapons, we must continue to reject anti-personnel #mines.

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Tamar Gabelnick @tamargabelnick.bsky.social · Mar 18

@latvianmfa.bsky.social @arlietas.bsky.social @baibabraze.bsky.social @tsahkna.bsky.social @radek-sikorski.bsky.social Anti-personnel #landmines were banned because almost all victims are innocent civilians, including children. Don't abandon the #MineBanTreaty @minefreeworld.bsky.social

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International Campaign to Ban Landmines @minefreeworld.bsky.social · Mar 18

Excellent @icrc.org post explaining why #landmines were banned and why #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Finland and #Poland should not leave the Mine Ban Treaty. blogs.icrc.org/app/uploads/...

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International Campaign to Ban Landmines @minefreeworld.bsky.social · Mar 19

ICBL Condemns #Latvia's Intent to Withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty and Urges to Reconsider.

👉 Read more: bit.ly/3RmMnLe

#MineFreeWorld #ProtectMineBan

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 20

9/ "...They should join forces to defend unequivocally the international law they collectively created and the humanitarian principles it embodies."
humanitariandisarmament.org/2025/03/19/p...

Proposed Mine Ban Treaty Withdrawal: Response from Humanitarian Disarmament Campaigns

As global civil society coalitions working to reduce the catastrophic impact of war through humanitarian disarmament, we express grave concern that the ministers of defense from Estonia, Latvia, Li…

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 20

8/ "..At a time of heightened global conflict and challenges to multilateralism, states should recommit to humanitarian disarmament’s people-centered and cooperative approach..."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 20

7/ "...While the states considering withdrawal from the Mine Ban Treaty have legitimate security concerns, abandoning a cornerstone of international law that underpins the protection of civilians during and after conflict is not the answer...."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 20

6/ "...States, civil society, and international organizations have collaborated to address the humanitarian impacts of autonomous weapons systems, cluster munitions, and nuclear weapons, as well as the arms trade and the use of explosive weapons in populated areas..."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 20

5/ "...and remediated the harm experienced by survivors through prohibitions on antipersonnel landmines and obligations to destroy stockpiles, clear minefields, and assist victims. The Mine Ban Treaty has further inspired cooperative efforts to establish norms governing other weapons..."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 20

4/ "...The Mine Ban Treaty laid the foundation for “humanitarian disarmament,” which seeks to reduce arms-inflicted human suffering and environmental harm. Since its adoption in 1997, the treaty has saved many thousands of lives, prevented tens of thousands of life-changing injuries, ..."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 19

3/ "... Withdrawal would increase the risk of civilian death and injury from an indiscriminate weapon of limited military utility. It would also threaten decades of progress on disarmament and international humanitarian law more broadly..."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 19

2/ "As global civil society coalitions working to reduce the catastrophic impact of war through humanitarian disarmament, we express grave concern that the ministers of defense from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have called on their countries to withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty..."

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Forum on the Arms Trade @forumarmstrade.bsky.social · Mar 19

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five humanitarian disarmament campaigns issue statement on countries possibly withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty
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humanitariandisarmament.org/2025/03/19/p...

Proposed Mine Ban Treaty Withdrawal: Response from Humanitarian Disarmament Campaigns

As global civil society coalitions working to reduce the catastrophic impact of war through humanitarian disarmament, we express grave concern that the ministers of defense from Estonia, Latvia, Li…

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Mar 4

“No machine, computer, or algorithm is capable of recognizing a human as a human being, nor can it respect humans as inherent bearers of rights and dignity, understand what it means to be in a state of war, much less what it means to have, or to end, a human life." @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social

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Stop Killer Robots @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social · Mar 4

"It is precisely because of the autonomous nature of these technologies that human control over them needs to be explicitly stated and required."

Listen to the #StopKillerRobots statent delivered by @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social on day 2 of #UNCCW:

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