Elizabeth Minor is a researcher with Article 36, a UK-based NGO working to prevent the unintended, unnecessary or unacceptable harm caused by certain weapons.
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Published in: openSecurityHow to defuse the devices of the nuclear-armed statesThe five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended without any agreed commitments, unbalanced as ever between the nuclear-armed states and the rest. Time to change the agenda.
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Published in: openSecurityProhibiting autonomous weapons systemsThey have been dubbed ‘killer robots’. Concerted international action is needed to prevent the emergence of weapons which could operate without meaningful human control.
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Published in: openSecurityCounting the cost of conflictCasualty recording has redefined efforts to protect civilians in conflict, and provide aid and accountability to victims of violence. But with an absence of political will to respond to conflict, what good are the numbers?