Introduction
With the growing dependence of technology, our lives are becoming increasingly automated, and automated system can be found anywhere from civilian to military use. The term “Killer Robots” itself refers to automated weapon system of the military around the world that becoming more and more autonomous, and can be deployed in a conflict without minimum or any human interference. This, will result in a technologically advanced weapons, but prone to risk of target misidentification and can lead to loss of unnecessary civilian’s lives during conflict.
Therefore, autonomy in technology needs regulation because governments and companies are developing weapons that automate the decision to use force. We need to push forward and pursue the international law that not only regulates the use of such weapons.
Institute of International Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada is an active campaigner and partner of Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and already participated 2 periods of campaigns (2019-2020 and 2020-2021).
The Objectives
Through the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, there are three specific outcomes that are expected:
* The formulation of a clear national in support of the ban on autonomous weapons
* The creation of a like-minded civil society network who share the concern on the issue of autonomous weapons
* More awareness from the public on the dangers of killer robots
The main goal of the campaign is to pursue new international law that regulates and ban the usage of Killer Robots in any form of conflict, to avoid the risks of target misidentification and the loss of civilian lives.
