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TitlePublishing entityYearLink
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executionsUnited Nations Human Rights Council2013https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/755741?ln=en
Human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain (A/HRC/51/L.25)United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution2022https://daccess-ods.un.org/tmp/8317592.14401245.html
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in armed conflict: A human-centred approachICRC2020https://international-review.icrc.org/sites/default/files/reviews-pdf/2021-03/ai-and-machine-learning-in-armed-conflict-a-human-centred-approach-913.pdf
Legal Reviews of New WeaponsICRC2021https://www.icrc.org/en/document/new-weapons-factsheet
Position on Autonomous Weapons SystemsICRC2021https://www.icrc.org/en/document/icrc-position-autonomous-weapon-systems
A Comparative Analysis of the Definitions of Autonomous Weapons SystemsUNODA2021https://documents.unoda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20210721-Autonomous-Weapon-Systems-Definitions-TO-SHARE.pdf
What you need to know about autonomous weaponsICRC2022https://www.icrc.org/en/document/what-you-need-know-about-autonomous-weapons
Towards Responsible AI in Defence: A Mapping and Comparative Analysis of AI Principles Adopted by StatesUNIDIR2023https://www.unidir.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/Brief-ResponsibleAI-Final.pdf
Proposals Related to Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Resource PaperUNIDIR2023https://www.unidir.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/UNIDIR-Proposals_Emerging_Technologies_Lethal_Autonomous_Weapons_Systems_2023.pdf
Table-Top Exercises on the Human Element and Autonomous Weapons System, 2021UNIDIR2021https://www.unidir.org/publication/table-top-exercises-human-element-and-autonomous-weapons-system  
Confidence-Building Measures for Artificial IntelligenceUNIDIR2022https://www.unidir.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Confidence-Building_Final.pdf
Human-Machine Interfaces in Autonomous Weapons SystemsUNIDIR2022https://www.unidir.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/UNIDIR_Human-Machine%20Interfaces.pdf
Known Unknowns: Data Issues and Military Autonomous SystemsUNIDIR2021https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Holland_KnownUnknowns_20210517_0.pdf
The Black Box, Unlocked: Predictability and Understandability in Military AIUNIDIR2020https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/BlackBoxUnlocked.pdf
Modernizing Arms Control: Exploring Responses to the Use of AI in Military Decision-MakingUNIDIR2020https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Modernizing%20Arms%20Control%20-%20Final.pdf
Swarm Robotics: Technical and Operational Overview of the Next Generation of Autonomous SystemsUNIDIR2020https://www.unidir.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/UNIDIR%20Swarm%20Robotics%20-%202020.pdf
The Human Element in Decisions About the Use of ForceUNIDIR2020https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/UNIDIR_Iceberg_SinglePages_web.pdf
The Role of Data in Algorithmic Decision-MakingUNIDIR2019https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/publication/pdfs/the-role-of-data-in-algorithmic-decision-making-en-815.pdf
Algorithmic Bias and the Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous TechnologiesUNIDIR2018https://unidir.org/sites/default/files/publication/pdfs/algorithmic-bias-and-the-weaponization-of-increasingly-autonomous-technologies-en-720.pdf

TitlePublishing entityYearLink
Completely outside human control?Article 362023https://article36.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Completely-outside-human-control.pdf
Laws for LAWS: Towards a treaty to regulate lethal autonomous weaponsFriedrich-Ebert-Stiftung2023https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/international/20013.pdf
An Agenda for ActionHuman Rights Watch2022https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/11/10/agenda-action/alternative-processes-negotiating-killer-robots-treaty
Negotiating a Treaty on Autonomous Weapons Systems – The Way ForwardStop Killer Robots Campaign2022https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Stop-Killer-Robots-Negotiating-a-Treaty-on-Autonomous-Weapons-Systems-The-Way-Forward.pdf
Principles for the Combat Employment of Weapon Systems with Autonomous FunctionalitiesCenter for a New American Security2021https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/proposed-dod-principles-for-the-combat-employment-of-weapon-systems-with-autonomous-functionalities
Code of Conduct on Artificial Intelligence in Military SystemsCentre for Humanitarian Dialogue2021https://www.hdcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AI-Code-of-Conduct.pdf
New Weapons, Proven PrecedentHuman Rights Watch2020https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/10/20/new-weapons-proven-precedent/elements-and-models-treaty-killer-robots
AI, Emerging Technology and LAWS: Security, Moral, and Ethical Perspectives in AsiaNonviolence International Southeast Asia2020https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NISEA-AI-Emerging-Tech-and-LAWS-Perspectives-in-Asia.pdf
The Militarization of Artificial IntelligenceStanley Center for Peace and Security, UNODA &  Stimson Center2019https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Stanley-Stimson-UNODA-2020-TheMilitarization-ArtificialIntelligence.pdf

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