Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is a state party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). At the 77^th United Nations General Assembly First Committee, Antigua and Barbuda said that ‘autonomous weapon systems change the relationship between people and technology by handing over life and death decision making to machines. They disempower, disconnect and dislocate humans in the use of force and raise fundamental ethical and legal concerns.’^[1]Statement by Antigua and Barbuda, 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee, 12 October 2022, … Continue reading

Antigua and Barbuda supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapon systems. While raising concerns regarding compliance of automated weapon systems (AWS) with principles of international humanitarian law, it said that it ‘joins the call for clear international rules to govern this upcoming threat .’^[2]Statement by Antigua and Barbuda, 77th Session of the United nations general Assembly first Committee, 12 October 2022, … Continue reading