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Killer Robots & Proportionality
Mines Action Canada and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots have serious concerns about autonomous weapons and their ability to apply international humanitarian law concerning proportionality.
CCW Review Conference Day 2
Our Erin Hunt recaps Day 2 of the Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference.
John Baird to travel to Laos as Canada restarts funding to clear cluster bombs
CTV News, October 14, 2013Television
Television interview on the cluster munition problem in Laos and Canada's legislation implementing the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
To this day, Nagasaki survivor’s story matters
Victoria Times Colonist, August 14, 2015Print
Op-ed outlining importance of survivor stories to ongoing process to ban nuclear weapons.
MPs need courage in face of cluster munitions
Victoria Times Colonist, June 16, 2013Print
Co-written op-ed on legislation to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions which was being debated in the House of Commons at the time.
By sitting out nuclear weapons meeting, Canada backtracks on its commitment to peace
Open CanadaOnline
Article on Canada's failure to participate in the negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
As UN General Assembly kicks off, all eyes on Canada’s disarmament stance
Open CanadaOnline
URL: https://www.opencanada.org/features/un-general-assembly-kicks-all-eyes-canadas-disarmament-stance/
Article outlining concerns about Canada's disarmament policy at the United Nations.
As UN General Assembly kicks off, all eyes on Canada’s disarmament stance
Open CanadaOnline
URL: https://www.opencanada.org/features/un-general-assembly-kicks-all-eyes-canadas-disarmament-stance/
Article outlining concerns about Canada's disarmament policy at the United Nations.
As UN General Assembly kicks off, all eyes on Canada’s disarmament stance
Munitions researcher on ‘rain of steel’: Monitoring cluster bombs in Syria and the human toll, part one
Syria Direct, June 20, 2016Online
Two part interview on the use of cluster munitions in Syria.
Munitions researcher on ‘rain of steel’: Monitoring cluster bombs in Syria and the human toll, part two
Syria Direct, June 21, 2016Online
Part two of a two part interview on humanitarian impact of cluster munition use in Syria.
Erin Hunt on landmines, cluster munitions and Canadian diplomacy
Face2Face Podcast, March 2, 2016Online
Podcast interview about humanitarian disarmament focusing on landmines, cluster munitions and Canadian leadership.
Canadian firms invested in US cluster bomb makers, report says
Middle East Eye, June 25, 2016Online
Interviewed for story on Canadian investment in cluster munitions and the humanitarian impact of these weapons.
By sitting out nuclear weapons meeting, Canada backtracks on its commitment to peace
Open Canada, March 21, 2017Online
Whether due to U.S. pressure or a lack of political courage — or both — Canada is expected to be absent from next week's negotiations in New York. Erin Hunt looks at the motives behind the move, and the message it sends.
Biography
Erin Hunt is a co-director at Mines Action Canada. She has been working in humanitarian disarmament in various capacities since 2006 and doing public education on the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines since 2003. Hunt's areas of expertise include the humanitarian impact of landmines and cluster munitions, particularly in Syria and Yemen, as well as the Ottawa Treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, ongoing diplomatic efforts to prohibit autonomous weapons systems (killer robots) and nuclear weapons. She can speak about Canadian policies on disarmament issues more broadly. Hunt has a master’s degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University.
Past Talks
Positive obligations in the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations (New York)
Positive obligations in the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations (New York)
Positive obligations
United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination
United Nations (New York)
Positive obligations in a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons
United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination
United Nations (New York)
Positive obligations in a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons
United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination
United Nations (New York)
Statement on Victim Assistance
United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination
United Nations (New York)
Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions; a shared responsibility
6th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Geneva, Switzerland, September 6, 2016
Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions; a shared responsibility
First Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 9, 2015
Statement on Autonomous Weapons Systems
United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons (https://stopkillerrobots.ca/2015/04/13/mines-action-canadas-opening-statement-at-convention-on-conventional-weapons/)
Geneva, Switzerland, April 13, 2015
Statement on Victim Assistance
United Nations Open Ended Working Group taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations (http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/OEWG/2016/Statements/10May_MinesActionCanada.pdf)
Geneva, Switzerland, May 10, 2016
Statement on Weapons Reviews
United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons (https://stopkillerrobots.ca/2016/04/13/mines-action-canadas-intervention-on-article-36-weapons-reviews/)
Geneva, Switzerland, April 13, 2016
Equal Basis Report Launch
14th Meeting of States Parties to Mine Ban Treaty
Geneva, Switzerland, December 1, 2015
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Statement
United Nations General Assembly First Committee First Committee (http://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com16/statements/12Oct_CSKR.pdf)
New York, New York, October 12, 2016