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Author: Barbara Rosen Jacobson

Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Mapping the GGE Debate (Briefing Paper #8)

2017

The paper discusses the ongoing debate in the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the varying perspectives on the need for regulation and control of these weapons.
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