A/HRC/RES/51/22

Human Rights Council resolution on military technologies

Why it matters: It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

The Human Rights Council requested an expert study on the human-rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain. The work includes and autonomous systems and considers the relationship between technological development, international human-rights law and international humanitarian law.

What this means for

Just curious / new to AI

It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Pick a role above and this becomes the reading for that desk: what it means, what to watch, and a line you can use.

Peace & Security

No Peace & Security reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Development & Policy

No Development & Policy reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Human Rights

No Human Rights reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Data & Digital

No Data & Digital reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Front Office

No Front Office reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

OPGA

No OPGA reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Builders

No Builders reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

Permanent Missions

No Permanent Missions reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created a rights-based track for military AI alongside disarmament and security processes.

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Human Rights Council

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