STUART HUGHES REPORTS FOR BBC NEWS ON "KILLER ROBOTS"

Nov 19, 2012, 03:07 PM

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Human rights campaigners are calling for a pre-emptive ban on the development of high-tech weapons capable of carrying out attacks without any human intervention. A report by Human Rights Watch and researchers at Harvard Law School says fully autonomous weapons – which it terms “killer robots” - would be in breach of international law and would increase the risk of civilian deaths. Stuart Hughes reports…