SGI Joins CARICOM Conference on Autonomous Weapons

On September 5 and 6, SGI (Soka Gakkai International) representatives attended the CARICOM Conference 2023: The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The event was organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and the SGI. On September 6, Hayley Ramsay-Jones, director of the SGI Office for UN Affairs Geneva Liaison Office, spoke at a session titled “Intersectional perspectives on autonomous weapons systems.” On the same day, Hayato Yamashita, program coordinator for Peace and Global Issues of the SGI, read out a statement on behalf of the SGI, calling for the urgent and timely start of negotiations for an international treaty to prohibit and regulate autonomy in weapons systems.