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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the
International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC on autonomous weapons systems published
on 12 May 2021, in particular the statement that "in light of ethical considerations
to safeguard humanity and to uphold International Humanitarian Law, rules for the
protection of civilians and combatants hors de combat, the use of autonomous weapons
systems to target human beings should be ruled out"; and what assessment they have
made of systems that identify people as targets based on (1) biometrics, and (2) perceived
(a) gender, (b) race, and (c) age.
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