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Data Analysis
For the analysis of data, we used the open-source software of R, in particular RQDA [72], allowing for a qualitative analysis of text files. Following our theoretical

assumptions of discursivity, we conducted a discourse
analysis, inspired by Fairclough's Critical Discourse
Analysis of communicative events [73]. Textual documents, like the working papers and statements by states

Table 1. Overview of Sample

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Title (abbreviated)

Parties

Number and Type of Document

CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.1
CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.2
CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.3
CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.4
CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.5
CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.6
CCW/GGE.2/2018/WP.7

United Kingdom
Estonia and Finland
France
United States of America
Brazil
Australia
Austria, Brazil, Chile

7 CCW working papers of the first
(April'18) meeting

CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.1
CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.2
CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.3
CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.4
CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.5
CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.6
CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.7

Venezuela, Non-Aligned Movement
Argentina
Poland
United States of America
Intern. Committee of the Red Cross
Russia
China

7 CCW working papers of the
second (August'18) meeting

LAWS6b
LAWSGeneralExchange

Brazil, Estonia, Pakistan, UK, Israel
Australia, EU, Canada, GermanyFrance, Republic of Korea

10 country statements (5 on agenda
item 6b, first meeting, 5 of the
general debate)

Guidelines for the human control of weapon
systems
International law and the standard of human control
in weapon systems
Statement to the Convention
AI in Weapons: The Moral Imperative for MinimallyJust Autonomy

N. Sharkey (International Committee
for Robot Arms Control, ICRAC)
T. Chengeta (South African
Research Chair in Intern. Law)
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
J. Scholz & J. Gaillott (Trusted
Autonomous Systems Defence
Cooperative Research Centre &
University of South Wales, Canberra)

4 CCW documents by nongovernmental parties

Report of the 2018 session

UN CCW GGE

1 summary report of both meetings

List of Participants, LoP Addendum

UN CCW GGE

2 informative notes

DoD Directive Number 3000.09
AI Next Campaign Explainable
Artificial Intelligence
Safer, smarter, faster: An interview with Gen.
James McConville

US Department of Defense

4 documents of specific US position
(1 DoDD-Directive, 2 DARPA
websites, 1 army interview)

Google says it won't use AI for weapons
The Wired Interview: iRobot CEO Colin Angle
Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League
Launch Groundbreaking AI Innovation Challenge
The new recruitment of AI experts to significantly
strengthen Samsung's AI R&D capabilities
AI is the next step for robots - A Conversation with
Nicolas Boudot
US Drone Program Whistleblower Explains Why
She Spoke Out
Brandon Bryant: " Ramstein is absolutely essential "
Don't fear my robots, says the Boston Dynamics
founder who makes machines that drive the
internet wild

CNN
The Wired
Lockheed Martin

US Army
8 newspaper articles (interviews)
and press releases

Samsung
Dataconomy
Global Research
Das Erste/NDR
Business Insider

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