Stop Killer Robots, referred to in several sources as the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, is an international civil-society coalition that advocates treaty-level prohibitions and regulation of autonomous weapons. Its executive director in 2026 was Nicole van Rooijen (Source: reuters.com). Stuart Russell has been a longstanding advocate for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons through the campaign (Stuart Russell).
Activities at the CCW
The coalition, and a Hungarian activist network associated with it, are listed among the non-governmental participants in the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems (Report of the 2024–2025–2026 Sessions of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS (CCW/GGE.1/2026/3)); it organized side events during the Group's 2026 sessions, including one on 31 August 2026 on humanitarian and rights concerns for future multilateral negotiations (Source: meetings.unoda.org). After the Group adopted its final report in September 2026, van Rooijen said the text's definition of an autonomous weapon and its measures to reduce civilian harm appeared weakened: "It's a real shame that all the work done by states on the text over the past three years has been substantially diluted in the last hours" (Source: reuters.com). Human Rights Watch cited the coalition's count of 76 states supporting negotiations on a legally binding instrument, 70 of them High Contracting Parties (Source: hrw.org).
Relationships
- related: CCW GGE Set of Elements on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (2026), Report of the 2024–2025–2026 Sessions of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS (CCW/GGE.1/2026/3)
- related: Human Rights Watch, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Stuart Russell
- related: Autonomous Weapons