Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots

Citation
Human Rights Watch, Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots (Nov. 19, 2012) (full-text).

Overview
This report outlines concerns about fully autonomous weapons, which would inherently lack human qualities that provide legal and non-legal checks on the killing of civilians. In addition, the obstacles to holding anyone accountable for harm caused by the weapons would weaken the law's power to deter future violations.