Statements to the 2014 CCW Meeting of Experts
General debate
Technical issues part 1
Technical issues part 2
Ethics and sociology
Legal aspects part 1: International humanitarian law
Legal aspects part 2: Other areas of international law
Operational and military aspects
Wrap up
Concluding session
- Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
- UN Office at Geneva, Mr. Michael Møller, Acting Director-General
- Ecuador
- Mali
- Pakistan
- Brazil
- Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
- Austria, Ambassador Thomas Hajnoczi
- Germany
- Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
- Holy See
- India, Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma
- Republic of Korea, Ambassador Ahn Youngjip
- Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
- Ireland
- Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
- New Zealand, Mr. Joe Ballard
- United States, Mr. Stephen Townley
- Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
- Egypt, Ambassador Dr. Walid M. Abdelnasser
- Spain
- Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
- Russia
- Czech Republic
- Mexico, Ms. Mariana Salazar-Albornoz
- Norway
- Sweden
- Croatia
- United Kingdom
- South Africa
- Sierra Leone, Ambassador Yvette Stevens
- United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Ms. Kerstin Vignard
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Ms. Mary Wareham
- Nobel Women's Initiative, Ms. Jody Williams
- Article 36, Ms. Laura Boillot
- AAR Japan, Ms. Yukie Osa
- Human Rights Watch, Mr. Steve Goose
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Mr. Juergen Altman
- PAX, Ms. Miriam Struyk
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Ms. Ray Acheson
- Amnesty International, Mr. Brian Wood
Kickoff presentations
- Mr. Raja Chatila, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France: "The concept of autonomy"
- Mr. Paul Scharre, Center for a New American Security, United States of America: "Existing systems and technologies: is there a trend towards increasing autonomy?"
- Debate between Professor Ronald Arkin, Georgia Institute for Technology, United States of America and Professor Noel Sharkey, University of Shefflied, United Kingdom: "The pros and cons of LAWS"
Kickoff presentations
- Mr. Jean-Paul Laumond, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France: "Humanoid Robotics"
- Mr. Hajime Wakuda, Director for Defense Industry, Aerospace and Defense Industry Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan: "Robotics and applications"
- Mr. Youngwoon Park, Director for the Unmanned Technolgy Center at the Agency for Defence Development of the Republic of Korea: "The trend of autonnomous technology for military robots"
- Dr. Quentin Ladetto, Director, Future Technologies, Research Management and Operation Research, Federal Department of Defence, Switzerland
Kickoff presentations
- Dr Dominique Lambert, Université de Namur, Belgium: "The ethics of robotics and the human-machine interrelation"
- Professor Peter Asaro, International Committee for Robots Arms Control: "Ethical questions raised by military applications of robotics"
Interventions
Legal aspects part 1: International humanitarian law
Kickoff presentations
- Dr. Nils Melzer, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland: "Principle of humanity and Martens Clause"
- Professor Matthew Waxman, Columbia Law University, United States of America: "Implementation of Art. 36 and jus in bello"
- Professor Marco Sassoli, Geneva Academy, Switzerland: "LAWS advantages and problems compared with other weapon systems from the point of view of international humanitarian law"
Interventions
- Mexico
- Sweden
- Human Rights Watch, Bonnie Docherty
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Heather Roff
- Article 36, Thomas Nash
Legal aspects part 2: Other areas of international law
Kickoff presentations
- Professor Thilo Marauhn, University of Giessen, Germany: "Responsibility and accountability"
- Professor Christof Heyns, University of Pretoria, South Africa: "Human rights law issues"
- Dr. Nils Melzer, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland: "Jus ad bellum"
Interventions
- Human Rights Watch, Bonnie Docherty
Operational and military aspects
Kickoff presentations
- Capt. (Ret.) Mark Hagerott, US Naval Academy, United States of Americ
- Dr. Heigo Sato, Takushoku University, Japan
- Col (Ret.) Wolfgang Richter, Germany
- Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Madiot, French Armed Forces
- Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
- UN Office at Geneva, Mr. Michael Møller, Acting Director-General
- Friend of the Chair on Technical issues, Ambassador Michael Biontino of Germany
- Friend of the Chair on Ethics and sociology, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho of Brazil
- Friend of the Chair on Legal aspects part 1, Ambassador Aya Thiam of Mali
- Friend of the Chair on Legal aspects part 2, Ambassador Yvette Stevens of Sierra Leone
- Chair on Operational and military aspects, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
- Austria, Ambassador Thomas Hajnoczi
- India, Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma
- Ireland
- United States, Mr. Stephen Townley
- United Kingdom, Mr. Jeremy Wilmshurst
- Australia
- Cuba, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo Venezuela
- Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
- Argentina
- Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
- Czech Republic
- Netherlands
- Russia
- Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
- Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
- Croatia
- Mexico, Ms. Mariana Salazar-Albornoz
- New Zealand, Mr. Joe Ballard
- Pakistan
- Sweden
- China
- Spain
- Guatemala
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Belarus
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Ms. Mary Wareham
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Mr. Frank Sauer
- Center for a New American Security, Mr. Paul Scharre
- Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
- Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France
- Belarus
- Poland
- Chair, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel of France