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"Militarily advanced States are devoting significant resources to develop increasingly autonomous weapons for use in armed conflict. The prospect of 'killer robots' being deployed on future battlefields has sparked controversy and has led to efforts by the United Nations and other bodies to regulate their development and use. Much opposition to autonomous weapons has been based on the beliefs that their use would violate international humanitarian law and that an 'accountability gap' would mean that nobody could be held responsible when a robot breaks the law. Drawing on a mixture of technical and legal sources, this book demonstrates that IHL as it stands today can adequately regulate use of autonomous weapons. Individual forms of accountability may be less effective though, and a focus on collective accountability would be beneficial. The book explores the interface between the technologies of weapon autonomy and the principles and rules of IHL. It discusses the impact of autonomous weapons on rules of weapons law, targeting law and accountability regimes. It offers suggestions for ensuring accountability and for advancing the international debate about regulatory responses"--
MILITARY ROBOTS--LAW AND LEGISLATION --- ROBOTS--MILITARY APPLICATIONS --- HUMANITARIAN LAW --- Autonomous weapons systems (International law) --- Systèmes d'armes létales autonomes --- Humanitarian law --- Military robots --- War (International law) --- Droit humanitaire --- Robots militaires --- Guerre (droit international) --- Systèmes d'armes létales autonomes
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For policymakers, this book explains the ramifications under international humanitarian law of a major new field of weapon development with a focus on questions currently being debated by governments, the United Nations and other bodies. Based on a clear explanation of the principles of autonomous systems and a survey of technologies under active development as well as some that are in use today, it provides a thorough legal analysis grounded on a clear understanding of the technological realities of autonomous weapon systems. For legal practitioners and scholars, it describes the legal constraints that will apply to use of autonomous systems in armed conflict and the measures that will be needed to ensure that the efficacy of the law is maintained. More generally, it serves as a case study in identifying the legal consequences of use of autonomous systems in partnership with, or in place of, human beings.
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