From landmines to killer robots — inside the campaigns to ban weapons of war

Big Ideas

It was the stuff of scifi blockbuster movie The Terminator in the early 1980s, but now lethal autonomous weapons systems are actually being used in conflict zones around the world. And the arms race is on to develop more effective, more deadly killing machines, that don't need human inputs to do their job.

This event was recorded at Human Rights Watch in Sydney on 4 June 2024.

Speakers

Mary Wareham Deputy Director, Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division, Human Rights WatchCo-Laureate (with Jody Williams), Nobel Peace Prize, 1997, for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)

Daniela Gavshon Australian Director, Human Rights Watch