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Explosive weapons ¦ Autonomous weapons ¦ New technologies
Drones in the use of force ¦ Nuclear weapons
Protecting education from attack ¦ Underrepresentation in multilateral forums
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Explosive weapons
Rejecting calls to address only the “indiscriminate use” of explosive weapons in populated areas
Briefing note
February 2020
Protecting civilians from the effects of explosive weapons in populated areas: questions of IHL compliance
Background note for political declaration consultations
February 2020
Explosive weapons with wide area effects and risk to civilians
Background note for political declaration consultations
February 2020
Effects of explosive weapons: Working paper on explosive weapons in populated areas
Working paper for political declaration consultations
December 2019
Report on a workshop examining military policies and practices on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
Workshop report
October 2018
Explosive weapons: Protecting civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
Report
September 2018
Select committee inquiry submission
July 2018
Explosive Weapons – Factors that produce wide area effects
Fact sheet
June 2018
Discussion Paper
November 2017
Areas of harm: Understanding explosive weapons with wide area effects
Report
October 2016
Damage to the built environment from the use of explosive weapons
Briefing Paper
September 2013
The impact of explosive violence on mental health and psycho-social well-being
Briefing Paper
September 2013
Heavy weapons and civilian protection
Briefing Paper
August 2012
State use of explosive weapons an indicator of crisis
Briefing Paper
January 2012
Autonomous weapons
Regulating autonomy in weapons systems
Explainer leaflet
October 2020
‘Autonomous’ weapons: building towards international regulation from contributions to the CCW
Policy commentary
October 2020
From “pink eyed terminators” to a clear- eyed policy response? UK government policy on autonomy in weapons systems
Policy analysis
March 2020
Autonomy in weapons systems – considering approaches to regulation
Discussion paper
March 2020
Critical Commentary on the “Guiding Principles”
Policy note
November 2019
Autonomy in weapons systems: mapping a structure for regulation through specific policy questions
Policy note
November 2019
Targeting people
Policy note
November 2019
Target profiles as a basis for rule-making in discussions on autonomy in weapons systems
Discussion paper
August 2019
Shifting definitions – the UK and Autonomous Weapons Systems
Briefing note
July 2018
Autonomous weapon systems: Evaluating the capacity for ‘meaningful human control’ in weapon review processes
Discussion paper
November 2017
Written submission by Article 36 to the Science and Technology Committee inquiry into robotics and artificial intelligence
Select committee inquiry submission
April 2016
Key elements of meaningful human control
Briefing paper
April 2016
Meaningful Human Control, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Weapons
Briefing paper
April 2016
Article 36 reviews and addressing Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Briefing paper
April 2016
The United Kingdom and lethal autonomous weapons systems
Briefing paper
April 2016
Killing by machine: Key issues for understanding meaningful human control
April 2015
Wall chart
Briefing note for UK parliamentary roundtable ahead of the CCW meeting on ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems’
March 2015
Key areas for debate on autonomous weapons systems
Briefing Paper
May 2014
Structuring debate on autonomous weapons systems
Briefing Paper
October 2013
Killer robots: UK Government Policy on Fully Autonomous Weapons
Briefing Paper
April 2013
New technologies
Envisioning Sustainable Security: The evolving story of Science and Technology in the context of disarmament
Report
July 2019
Swarms
Discussion Paper
April 2019
Hypersonic weapons
Discussion Paper
February 2019
Acoustic weapons
Discussion Paper
November 2018
Science, technology and weaponization: preliminary observations
Discussion Paper
November 2017
Nanoweapons
Discussion Paper
November 2017
Directed Energy Weapons
Discussion Paper
November 2017
Protecting civilians
Health and harm: Protecting civilians and protecting health
Research briefing
August 2020
Education and conflict: Protecting civilians and protecting education
Research briefing
August 2020
Protecting civilians and harm from weapons: Illustrations from Iraq
Research briefing
August 2020
Protecting civilians as an international policy agenda – A snapshot from 2019
Discussion paper
May 2020
Drones in the use of force
Mapping: International activity by states and the UN on armed drones
Mapping of state and UN policy positions
Last updated July 2019
Drones in the use of force: A way forward
Briefing paper
October 2018
Approaches to technology and policy: International standards and addressing drones in the use of force
Briefing paper
October 2018
Submission of Written Evidence to the APPG Inquiry into the Use of Armed Drones: Drone Strikes, Legal Reasoning and the Need for Transparency
With Dr Michael Mair and Alex Holder, University of Liverpool
December 2017
The Humanitarian Impact of Armed Drones
Report
October 2017
Sex and drone strikes
Briefing Paper
October 2014
Nuclear weapons
Article 36 produced a number of publications (some with partners) developing the core argumentation for a treaty banning nuclear weapons with or without the nuclear-armed states, and for specific provisions within what is now the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (including on victim assistance and environmental remediation): these are available in our publications archive. A selection of key publications are below:
Banning Nuclear Weapons
Report
February 2013
Banning nuclear weapons: responses to ten criticisms
Briefing Paper
December 2013
Positive Obligations in a Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons: Stockpile Destruction, Environmental Remediation, and Victim Assistance
Working paper submitted to negotiation conference
March 2017
Publications on nuclear weapons and the UK:
Written submission by Article 36 to the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations Inquiry on Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and Nuclear Disarmament
January 2019
Briefing paper
July 2018
Nuclear risk: The British case
Briefing Paper
February 2014
Humanitarian Consequences: short case study of the direct humanitarian impacts from a single nuclear weapon detonation on Manchester, UK
Report
February 2013
Protecting education from attack
Reflections from the Safe Schools Declaration process for future international political commitments on civilian protection
Discussion paper
August 2019
Data collection and the Safe Schools Declaration: building upon current practice
Discussion paper
December 2018
Humanitarian mine action and protecting education in emergencies: Making the links through the Safe Schools Declaration
Discussion paper
November 2018
Underrepresentation in multilateral forums
Patterns in participation: the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, 2010-14
November 2016
Briefing paper
Disarmament, development and patterns of marginalisation in international forums
April 2016
Report
Women and multilateral disarmament forums: Patterns of underrepresentation
Discussion paper
October 2015
Select committee inquiry submission
September 2015
The underrepresentation of low-income countries in nuclear disarmament forums
Discussion paper
May 2015
Working in global coalitions
Global coalitions: An introduction to working in international civil society partnerships
Report – also available on this interactive microsite
December 2011
Other topics and cross-cutting work
‘Victim assistance’ in international agreements on civilian protection and weapons policy: Understanding the value to past, present and future instruments
Discussion paper
October 2019
Analysing responses to different harms in international commitments to address armed violence
Discussion paper
September 2019
Refusal to condemn cluster munition use undermines UK claims to leadership on the protection of civilians
Briefing Paper
September 2015
Some key issues in humanitarian disarmament
Wall Chart
October 2013
Casualty recording, critical argument and campaigning against weapons
Briefing Paper
October 2013
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