@verityc.bsky.social
Deputy Director for Arms in the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division, Human Rights Watch. Former Senior advisor/campaigner @amnesty.org Non-Resident Fellow @StimsonCenter. IHR, military/security/policing. Torture equipment/trade.
@verityc.bsky.social“Will We Let AI Kill People?”, a documentary by Lex International, is out now.
Looking back on these last few years of filming, seeing the strategy adapt and change really brings into focus, the urgency of this issue, and why binding rules are needed.
Watch it now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLIT...
@thebradblog.bsky.socialReposted by @verityc.bsky.socialU.S., Russia Collude to Weaken U.N Treaty on Use of Autonomous AI ‘Killer Robot’ Weaponry: Today's #BradCast
Guest: @verityc.bsky.social of @humanrightswatch.bsky.social; Also: Terror aboard Israel-bound plane; Trump, AI CEOs sign self-policing pact at WH
FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19404
@verityc.bsky.socialToday @icblcmc.bsky.social the Cluster Munition Coalition launched the Cluster Munition Monitor.
The weapon cannot distinguish between combatants and civilians, especially when they are used in populated areas.
@verityc.bsky.socialUN Killer Robots talks: Despite the political headwinds, there’s now a critical mass of states pushing for real progress and negotiations of new law. Growing reports of potential use mean the urgency is no longer abstract.
Here are some reflections.
@verityc.bsky.socialGrateful to Juliana Miranda, from CELS for the UNGA 1C statement on Torture-Free Trade. This is a human rights issue, and an export control trade issue - at the heart of it though is the prevention of torture - more action is needed from states to end the trade in tools of torture.
@verityc.bsky.socialWith members of the #TortureFreeTrade Network presenting the @amnesty.org petition on behalf of 251,178 people to the representatives of @austriaun.bsky.social, @denmarkun.bsky.social, @franceUN, @spainun.bsky.social, @swedenun.bsky.social, @swiss-un.bsky.social, @UK UN.
#ProtectTheProtest
@verityc.bsky.socialOn behalf of 251,178 people world wide @amnesty.org
with our partners from the Torture-Free Trade Network has just handed in this petition calling for a #TortureFreeTrade Treaty to the Ambassadors of the @euatun.bsky.social and @unmongolia
@verityc.bsky.socialSignificant protests have taken place in over 130 countries in the last 8 years.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Alice Edwards has uncovered some shocking facts about the weapons being used.
@amnesty.org calls for a #Torture-Free Trade Treaty.
