UN human rights chief Volker Turk expressed alarm on September 7, 2026, over reports of fully autonomous killer drones operating in Ukraine without human control. Turk called for an urgent international ban on autonomous weapons systems capable of killing without human involvement.
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Volker Turk called for an urgent ban on weapons that can kill without human involvement.
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KYIV POST: UN Rights Chief ‘Horrified’ by Reports of Fully Autonomous Killer Drones in Ukraine https://www. kyivpost.com/post/83956 UN rights chief Volker Turk called for an urgent ban on fully autonomous weapons after reports that an AI-guided Russian drone killed three Ukrainians in July. His warning comes as 128 countries agree on a definition of autonomous weapons ahead of possible treaty talk