States need to act now to set clear international regulations on autonomous weapons systems. "A failure to act quickly and decisively will cost lives. It will leave future generations to inherit a world in which the absence of clear and specific prohibitions and restrictions on these weapons opens the door to practices that would erode the protections international humanitarian law is meant to guarantee." In a joint appeal, the Secretary-General of the @UN, @antonioguterres and the President of the @ICRC, Mirjana Spoljaric, renew their call for States to urgently adopt a legally binding instrument to regulate autonomous weapon systems with clear prohibitions and restrictions. Read more 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6019aOAWU

On May 1 #Lebanon deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction @MineBanTreaty. It will enter into force for 🇱🇧 on 1 November 2026. #APMBC An important step reinforcing #Lebanon’s commitment to #InternationalLaw, particularly international humanitarian law #IHL, and advancing #disarmament @UN_Disarmament

As a woman from Afghanistan and Human Rights Watch researcher, I will not comply with the Taliban’s restrictive rules. Afghan women should not have to submit to discriminatory rules to exercise a right to speak publicly. Wherever we are, our voices matter. hrw.org/news/2026/04/24/tali…