Statements

Autonomous Weapons Meeting - 2014

Statements to the 2014 CCW Meeting of Experts

GENERAL DEBATE

Technical issues part 1

Mr. Raja Chatila, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France: "The concept of autonomy"
Mr. Paul Scharre, Center for a New American Security, United States of America: "Existing systems and technologies: is there a trend towards increasing autonomy?"
Debate between Professor Ronald Arkin, Georgia Institute for Technology, United States of America and Professor Noel Sharkey, University of Shefflied, United Kingdom: "The pros and cons of LAWS"

Technical issues part 2

Mr. Jean-Paul Laumond, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France: "Humanoid Robotics"
Mr. Hajime Wakuda, Director for Defense Industry, Aerospace and Defense Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan: "Robotics and applications"
Mr. Youngwoon Park, Director for the Unmanned Technolgy Center at the Agency for Defence Development of the Republic of Korea: "The trend of autonnomous technology for military robots"
Dr. Quentin Ladetto, Director, Future Technologies, Research Management and Operation Research, Federal Department of Defence, Switzerland

Ethics and sociology

Legal aspects part 1: International humanitarian law

Dr. Nils Melzer, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland: "Principle of humanity and Martens Clause"
Professor Matthew Waxman, Columbia Law University, United States of America: "Implementation of Art. 36 and jus in bello"
Professor Marco Sassoli, Geneva Academy, Switzerland: "LAWS advantages and problems compared with other weapon systems from the point of view of international humanitarian law"
Mexico
Sweden
Human Rights Watch, Bonnie Docherty
International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Heather Roff
Article 36, Thomas Nash

Legal aspects part 2: Other areas of international law

Operational and military aspects

Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
UN Office at Geneva, Mr. Michael Møller, Acting Director-General
Friend of the Chair on Technical issues, Ambassador Michael Biontino of Germany
Friend of the Chair on Ethics and sociology, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho of Brazil
Friend of the Chair on Legal aspects part 1, Ambassador Aya Thiam of Mali
Friend of the Chair on Legal aspects part 2, Ambassador Yvette Stevens of Sierra Leone
Chair on Operational and military aspects, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
Austria, Ambassador Thomas Hajnoczi
India, Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma
Ireland
United States, Mr. Stephen Townley
United Kingdom, Mr. Jeremy Wilmshurst
Australia
Cuba, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo Venezuela
Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
Argentina
Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Russia
Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
Croatia
Mexico, Ms. Mariana Salazar-Albornoz
New Zealand, Mr. Joe Ballard
Pakistan
Sweden
China
Spain
Guatemala
International Committee of the Red Cross
Belarus
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Ms. Mary Wareham
International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Mr. Frank Sauer
Center for a New American Security, Mr. Paul Scharre
Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France

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