Author: Aznar Daitai

This blog explores the growing challenge of the weaponization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and examines whether the United Nations (UN) can effectively regulate and prevent the rise of autonomous warfare. It analyses the legal, ethical, and institutional complexities surrounding Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS), focusing on the role of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), international humanitarian law, and emerging global norms. The discussion highlights accountability gaps, power politics, and the urgency of establishing meaningful human control over AI in warfare. Finally, it proposes actionable reforms including a binding UN protocol, global oversight mechanisms, and integration of AI regulation into human rights frameworks to ensure that technological progress remains aligned with humanity’s moral and legal principles.