Human Rights WatchC

Human Rights Watch functions as an international monitoring and advocacy organization focused on the protection of civil liberties. Based on tracked data, the organization maintains public positions against the deployment of autonomous technology for civil surveillance, state-sponsored policing, and military combat. The organization specifically advocates for the maintenance of human accountability and moral judgment in systems used to enforce laws or engage in armed conflict. The organization has consistently advocated for restrictions on automated systems, particularly where they intersect with state authority and the suppression of peaceful assembly. According to tracked data, the organization has voiced alarm regarding specific deployments in the cases of Outcry Over China's 10-Second Comply Autonomous Police Robots and Rise of Automated Enforcement: Robotic Sighting in China Sparks Alarm, where it positioned such technology as a tool for repression that lacks accountability. In the context of military developments, the organization has faced scrutiny for its opposition to the use of fully autonomous units, as seen in Unmanned Infantry: First Military Capture by Fully Autonomous Unit, arguing that these systems make it nearly impossible to assign responsibility for war crimes.