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Dehumanization of warfare : legal implications of new weapon technologies

Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer (eds.)

Cham : Springer, 2018

X, 233 p. : ill., tabl., photogr. diagr. ; 24 cm

978-3-319-67264-9

English

Bibliographies. Index

This book addresses the technological evolution of modern warfare due to unmanned systems and the growing capacity for cyber warfare. The increasing involvement of umanned means and methods of warfare can lead to a total removal of humans from the navigation, command and decison-making processes in the control of unmanned systems, and as such away from the participation in hostilities - the 'dehumanization of warfare.' This raises the question of whether and how today's law is suitable for governing the dehumanization of warfare effectively. Which rules are relevant? Do interpretations of relevant rules need to be reviewed or is further and adapted regulation necessary? Moreover, ethical reasoning and computer sciences developments also have to be taken into account in identifying problems. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach the book focuses primarily on international humanitarian law, with related ethics and computer science aspects included in the discussion and the analysis.

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• 2018, Chapter, Unmanned maritime systems : does the increasing use of naval weapon systems present a challenge for IHL ? / Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
• 2018, Chapter, Meaningful human control - and the politics of international law / Thilo Marauhn
• 2018, Chapter, Feasible precautions in attack and autonomous weapons / Jeffrey S. Thurnher
• 2018, Chapter, Dehumanization : is there a legal problem under article 36 ? / William Boothby
• 2018, Chapter, CPU and keyboard : weapons of mass disruption ? / Sigmar Stadlmeier