@safeground.bsky.social
SafeGround works to make unsafe ground safe and prevent safe ground from becoming unsafe - our efforts are focused on legacy and emerging weapons especially ERW in the Pacific and Stop Killer Robots
#ICYMI the Pacific Statement on Mine Action was delivered by the Solomon Islands on behalf of #PIFS during the #UNGA First Committee debate. We welcome the commitment of states to clearance of #UXO and support for affected communities including risk education and victim assistance.
251023 - Pacific Statement on Mine Action
unny.mission.gov.au
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Last week at the #UNGA First Committee, Australia voted in favour of the resolution on #autonomousweapons, joining 156 states showing widespread support for progressing work towards an instrument.
🚨🗳️The #AutonomousWeapons resolution has been adopted. Resolution L.41 tabled by
@austriaun.bsky.social and 30 cosponsor states at #FirstCommittee has passed with broad cross-regional support.
✅ 156 in favour
🟡8 abstentions
❌5 against
Read our analysis: stopkillerrobots.org/news/156-sta...
@austriaun.bsky.social and 30 cosponsor states at #FirstCommittee has passed with broad cross-regional support.
✅ 156 in favour
🟡8 abstentions
❌5 against
Read our analysis: stopkillerrobots.org/news/156-sta...
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Last week at the #UNGA First Committee, Australia voted in favour of the resolution on #autonomousweapons, joining 156 states showing widespread support for progressing work towards an instrument.
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“The race to regulate #AutonomousWeapons is at a critical juncture and legal red lines have never been more urgent. The clock is ticking and time is running out.” #StopKillerRobots
📄 Read our full #FirstCommittee statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sto...
#UNGA80 @yanitrak.bsky.social
📄 Read our full #FirstCommittee statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sto...
#UNGA80 @yanitrak.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“The race to regulate #AutonomousWeapons is at a critical juncture and legal red lines have never been more urgent. The clock is ticking and time is running out.” #StopKillerRobots
📄 Read our full #FirstCommittee statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sto...
#UNGA80 @yanitrak.bsky.social
📄 Read our full #FirstCommittee statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sto...
#UNGA80 @yanitrak.bsky.social
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🧵👇UPDATE: Here are some additional statements from High Level Week at #UNGA80 on #AutonomousWeapons and military #AI
🆕 Take a deeper dive in our latest Substack post: stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/no-machine...
🆕 Take a deeper dive in our latest Substack post: stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/no-machine...
#HighLevelWeek at the United Nations🇺🇳 made clear that
#AutonomousWeapons are on the table. The international community needs to create legal safeguards on military #AI and #AutonomousWeapons.
🧵👇 Here are some key takeaways from this week at #UNGA80
#AutonomousWeapons are on the table. The international community needs to create legal safeguards on military #AI and #AutonomousWeapons.
🧵👇 Here are some key takeaways from this week at #UNGA80
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🧵👇UPDATE: Here are some additional statements from High Level Week at #UNGA80 on #AutonomousWeapons and military #AI
🆕 Take a deeper dive in our latest Substack post: stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/no-machine...
🆕 Take a deeper dive in our latest Substack post: stopkillerrobots.substack.com/p/no-machine...
It is imperative Australia shows commitment to urgently needed action on autonomous weapons this #UNGA80
As states discuss #AutonomousWeapons at #UNGA80 amid growing global instability and the widening gap between #AI development and regulation, they must remember that this issue is too important for inaction.
📺 Follow the meeting live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19...
📺 Follow the meeting live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19...
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It is imperative Australia shows commitment to urgently needed action on autonomous weapons this #UNGA80
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“Fundamentally, the issue is one of ethics”
A key element missing from the text being discussed at #CCWUN is a prohibition on anti-personnel #AutonomousWeapons. Peter Asaro explains why it’s crucial for states to push for explicit language to prohibit systems that target people.
#StopKillerRobots
A key element missing from the text being discussed at #CCWUN is a prohibition on anti-personnel #AutonomousWeapons. Peter Asaro explains why it’s crucial for states to push for explicit language to prohibit systems that target people.
#StopKillerRobots
September 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Fundamentally, the issue is one of ethics”
A key element missing from the text being discussed at #CCWUN is a prohibition on anti-personnel #AutonomousWeapons. Peter Asaro explains why it’s crucial for states to push for explicit language to prohibit systems that target people.
#StopKillerRobots
A key element missing from the text being discussed at #CCWUN is a prohibition on anti-personnel #AutonomousWeapons. Peter Asaro explains why it’s crucial for states to push for explicit language to prohibit systems that target people.
#StopKillerRobots
This week, #Samoa became the first Pacific Island country to take the floor at #GGE in Geneva. After more than a decade of discussions, Samoa’s participation as an observer to the #CCW reflects the urgency for discussions to become negotiations on new international law on #AWS #KillerRobots 🇼🇸
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This week, #Samoa became the first Pacific Island country to take the floor at #GGE in Geneva. After more than a decade of discussions, Samoa’s participation as an observer to the #CCW reflects the urgency for discussions to become negotiations on new international law on #AWS #KillerRobots 🇼🇸
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"[Human] control as a principle in international law is crucial for drawing red lines to protect our humanity, and for establishing clearly what we find fundamentally ethically unacceptable as an int'l community." – @rboer.bsky.social delivers #StopKillerRobots statement at #CCWUN
@paxvoorvrede.nl
@paxvoorvrede.nl
September 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"[Human] control as a principle in international law is crucial for drawing red lines to protect our humanity, and for establishing clearly what we find fundamentally ethically unacceptable as an int'l community." – @rboer.bsky.social delivers #StopKillerRobots statement at #CCWUN
@paxvoorvrede.nl
@paxvoorvrede.nl
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“Preserving meaningful human control over the use of force is one of the core purposes of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems.” – Jimena Sofía Viveros Álvarez delivers the #StopKillerRobots statement this morning at #CCWUN
September 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“Preserving meaningful human control over the use of force is one of the core purposes of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems.” – Jimena Sofía Viveros Álvarez delivers the #StopKillerRobots statement this morning at #CCWUN
Talks are kicking off at #UNGeneva in the #CCWUN It is time Australia supports a legally binding instrument to address #AutonomousWeapons Specific prohibitions and regulations are urgently needed to #StopKillerRobots
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
We’ll be in the room next week as diplomatic discussions on #AutonomousWeapons begin at #UNGeneva. States will be discussing the Chair’s rolling text – which could form the basis of a treaty. They must maintain the integrity of the text and move toward negotiations. Time is running out. #CCWUN
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Talks are kicking off at #UNGeneva in the #CCWUN It is time Australia supports a legally binding instrument to address #AutonomousWeapons Specific prohibitions and regulations are urgently needed to #StopKillerRobots
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
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🤖 Next week at the #UN in Geneva, states resume talks on killer robots. Our new blog breaks down the GGE’s “rolling text” on #AutonomousWeapons, which will be discussed.
Read here 👉https://medium.com/@stopkillerrobots/gges-rolling-text-how-will-autonomous-weapons-be-regulated-2751a0e68487
#CCWUN
Read here 👉https://medium.com/@stopkillerrobots/gges-rolling-text-how-will-autonomous-weapons-be-regulated-2751a0e68487
#CCWUN
August 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🤖 Next week at the #UN in Geneva, states resume talks on killer robots. Our new blog breaks down the GGE’s “rolling text” on #AutonomousWeapons, which will be discussed.
Read here 👉https://medium.com/@stopkillerrobots/gges-rolling-text-how-will-autonomous-weapons-be-regulated-2751a0e68487
#CCWUN
Read here 👉https://medium.com/@stopkillerrobots/gges-rolling-text-how-will-autonomous-weapons-be-regulated-2751a0e68487
#CCWUN
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The progress is real, but the job isn’t finished. Together, we can build a cluster munition-free world.
👉 Join the movement and call for a complete!
#BanClusterBombs
👉 Join the movement and call for a complete!
#BanClusterBombs
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The progress is real, but the job isn’t finished. Together, we can build a cluster munition-free world.
👉 Join the movement and call for a complete!
#BanClusterBombs
👉 Join the movement and call for a complete!
#BanClusterBombs
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While numerous challenges remain, #landmine use has dramatically dropped over the past 25 years thanks to the Mine Ban Treaty. With their intention to leave the treaty, #Estonia, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Poland, and #Finland are undermining 25 years of humanitarian progress.
#ProtectMineBan
#ProtectMineBan
April 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
While numerous challenges remain, #landmine use has dramatically dropped over the past 25 years thanks to the Mine Ban Treaty. With their intention to leave the treaty, #Estonia, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Poland, and #Finland are undermining 25 years of humanitarian progress.
#ProtectMineBan
#ProtectMineBan
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Wise words from Matthew Breay Bolton on #Finland, #Poland, #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania and #landmines:
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
Withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty Would Be a Self-Inflicted Strategic Defeat for European Security
Withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty Would Be a Self-Inflicted Strategic Defeat for European Security
inkstickmedia.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wise words from Matthew Breay Bolton on #Finland, #Poland, #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania and #landmines:
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
Some analysis of the #autonomousweapons consultations from this week at the #UN in New York. This message ⏬⏬ is one we hope the new Australian parliament engages with, and the government will act upon, by supporting new international law negotiated in an inclusive forum to protect humanity.
“this issue concerns the future of multilateralism, of international law, and of our shared humanity…autonomy in weapons will not be confined to the battlefield - it will affect law enforcement, border control & other domains of public life” #KillerRobots
www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...
www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...
May 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Some analysis of the #autonomousweapons consultations from this week at the #UN in New York. This message ⏬⏬ is one we hope the new Australian parliament engages with, and the government will act upon, by supporting new international law negotiated in an inclusive forum to protect humanity.
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What happened on the first day of the #UnitedNations consultations on #AutonomousWeapons in NYC?
Listen to our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's recap 👇
Listen to our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's recap 👇
May 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What happened on the first day of the #UnitedNations consultations on #AutonomousWeapons in NYC?
Listen to our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's recap 👇
Listen to our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's recap 👇
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📖 Read @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's summary of civil society submissions to the #UnitedNations Secretary General's report on #AutonomousWeapons on our website: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sum...
"We need a legally binding instrument... The time has come to negotiate and adopt a treaty that prohibits and regulates autonomous weapons systems" – Our Executive Director @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social speaks at the ongoing consultations on autonomous weapons in New York
May 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📖 Read @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social's summary of civil society submissions to the #UnitedNations Secretary General's report on #AutonomousWeapons on our website: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sum...
Stop Killer Robots members from all over the world are in New York for the first talks specifically on #KillerRobots at the UN 🇺🇳 NYC! This is the first time all states will have a seat at the table. All voices need to be heard if we are to create a treaty humanity needs. 1/🧵
May 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Killer Robots are a #HumanRights issue.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
April 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Killer Robots are a #HumanRights issue.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
**New Blog Post** Read our snapshot of the complex web of research ties between Defence and #Univerisities - many anchored on projects about autonomous systems #RnD. Universities must ensure they do their part to #stopkillerrobots
safeground.org.au
May 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
**New Blog Post** Read our snapshot of the complex web of research ties between Defence and #Univerisities - many anchored on projects about autonomous systems #RnD. Universities must ensure they do their part to #stopkillerrobots
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🧵 #Thread on the resumption of hostilities in #Gaza:
We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🧵 #Thread on the resumption of hostilities in #Gaza:
We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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#ICYMI This interview discusses key dimensions re #autonomousweapons with 3CR host Priya Kunan and #AusStopKillerRobots coordinator @matildabyrne.bsky.social -Segment@48m30s
If you want to delve even further into Australian RnD & the arms industry we have something coming soon 👀
If you want to delve even further into Australian RnD & the arms industry we have something coming soon 👀
Adolf Mora at Disrupt Land Forces Meeting, AW Bell Community Picket, Australia’s Place in the Military AI Race, Colonial Patriarchy and Femicide in Australia
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Last Friday 21st June, Disrupt Land Forces had its first public meeting (at Black Spark, Northcote) to plan actions in protest of 'Land Forces', a massive weap...
www.3cr.org.au
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
#ICYMI This interview discusses key dimensions re #autonomousweapons with 3CR host Priya Kunan and #AusStopKillerRobots coordinator @matildabyrne.bsky.social -Segment@48m30s
If you want to delve even further into Australian RnD & the arms industry we have something coming soon 👀
If you want to delve even further into Australian RnD & the arms industry we have something coming soon 👀
A shout out to some recent signatories of the @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social parliamentary pledge in #Australia. Thanks to Elizabeth Watson-May MP and Senators Larissa Waters, Nick McKim and Steph Hodgins-May for their support!
March 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A shout out to some recent signatories of the @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social parliamentary pledge in #Australia. Thanks to Elizabeth Watson-May MP and Senators Larissa Waters, Nick McKim and Steph Hodgins-May for their support!
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"States still insist that the #CCWUn is the right forum for negotiations so the time has come now for them to demonstrate that they can deliver on this in 2025."
Today's meeting has just concluded, and we hope to see continued progress as the week concludes.
#StopKillerRobots
Today's meeting has just concluded, and we hope to see continued progress as the week concludes.
#StopKillerRobots
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"States still insist that the #CCWUn is the right forum for negotiations so the time has come now for them to demonstrate that they can deliver on this in 2025."
Today's meeting has just concluded, and we hope to see continued progress as the week concludes.
#StopKillerRobots
Today's meeting has just concluded, and we hope to see continued progress as the week concludes.
#StopKillerRobots
Where #Australia suggested human control is not an existing requirement for IHL, it is in fact essential to apply IHL principles.
"It is precisely because of the autonomous nature of these technologies that human control over them needs to be explicitly stated and required."
Listen to the #StopKillerRobots statent delivered by @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social on day 2 of #UNCCW:
Listen to the #StopKillerRobots statent delivered by @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social on day 2 of #UNCCW:
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Where #Australia suggested human control is not an existing requirement for IHL, it is in fact essential to apply IHL principles.