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Bonnie Docherty just delivered statement on #humanitariandisarmament on behalf of nearly 100 campaigns and organizations at UN First Committee. reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
"Humanitarian disarmament has made a critical difference over the past three decades in saving
countless lives..."

🚨🚨“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.

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.

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

"[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
@paxvoorvrede.nl

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

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

“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

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

Out Today: appeal from leaders around the world to uphold norms against cluster munitions and anti personnel landmines 👉 www.tinyurl.com/yc327sf6
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
@banclusterbombs.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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

@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

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/...

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

👉 Read more: bit.ly/3RmMnLe

#MineFreeWorld #ProtectMineBan

@latvianmfa.bsky.social @arlietas.bsky.social
@baibabraze.bsky.social

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…

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...

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

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...."

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..."

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..."

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, ..."

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..."

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..."

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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five humanitarian disarmament campaigns issue statement on countries possibly withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty
@minefreeworld.bsky.social @banclusterbombs.bsky.social @nuclearban.bsky.social @explosiveweapon.bsky.social Control Arms
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“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

"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:

We’re at #UN in Geneva for the first #UNCCW meeting of 2025.

#GGE Chair Robert in den Bosch and High Representative of Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu reiterated states’ agreement to conclude work on the elements of an instrument on #AutonomousWeapons ideally by the end of 2025.

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons, surveillance Tech giant says in updated ethics policy that it will use AI in line with ‘international law and human rights’.

Promises by Big-tech don't seem to be worth anything.

"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons."

This is deeply concerning. In this increasingly polarised world, we need more rules and limits, not less. @BanKillerRobots

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In 2015 voerde Nederland een luchtaanval uit op een IS-bommenfabriek in Hawija, Irak. Daarbij kwamen minstens 85 burgers om het leven. Vandaag publiceerde de Commissie Sorgdrager haar rapport over deze aanval.

Dit moet je weten:

It's here... the report with nearly 50 recommendations and more than two dozen suggested resources + links to videos from last week's #LookingAhead2025 events.
See event page www.forumarmstrade.org/lookingahead...
and download report at
www.forumarmstrade.org/uploads/1/9/...