Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 30 November 2023 Recommendation 1 The Special Rapporteur on New and Emerging Military Technologies in the Military Domain be established. Recommendation 2 The importance of universality and inalienability of human rights be central in all discussions of NTMD. Recommendation 3 Humans must remain as active overseers of all NTMD which make critical decisions that may result in harm to people. Recommendation 4 Any NTMD, such as LAWS, which operate free of human oversight, or engagement, should be prohibited by international law. Recommendation 5 LAWS must be regulated, and where the technology is incompatible with international human rights law – it should be prohibited. 11