IRRC No. 886

New technologies and warfare

20 articles

IRRC No. 886 New technologies and warfare

20 articles

Recent scientific and technical progress has given rise to unprecedented means and methods of warfare. Technologies that only yesterday were in the realm of science fiction have the potential to cause catastrophes tomorrow. Other recent developments, however, could not only limit civilian losses, but also spare the lives of combatants. Certain features of these new technologies raise unprecedented issues that make the legality of an attack more difficult to ascertain, and the attribution of responsibility more complex. In this issue of the Review, various ethics, legal, scientific, and military experts focus on contemporary technological developments and their consequences, and discuss the issues they raise for humanitarian law and action.

Table of contents

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Editorial: Science cannot be placed above its consequences

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Interview with Peter W. Singer

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New capabilities in warfare: an overview of contemporary technological developments and the associated legal and engineering issues in Article 36 weapons reviews

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Cyber conflict and international humanitarian law

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Get off my cloud: cyber warfare, international humanitarian law, and the protection of civilians

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Some legal challenges posed by remote attack

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Pandora’s box? Drone strikes under jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and international human rights law

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Categorization and legality of autonomous and remote weapons systems

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Nanotechnology and challenges to international humanitarian law: a preliminary legal assessment

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Conflict without casualties… a note of caution: non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law

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On banning autonomous weapon systems: human rights, automation, and the dehumanization of lethal decision-making

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Beyond the Call of Duty: why shouldn’t videogame players face the same dilemmas as real soldiers?

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Documenting violations of international humanitarian law from space: a critical review of geospatial analysis of satellite imagery during armed conflicts in Gaza (2009), Georgia (2008) and Sri Lanka (2009)

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The role of civil society in the development of standards around new weapons and other technologies of warfare

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The evitability of autonomous robot warfare

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A Chinese perspective on cyber war

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International Humanitarian Law and New Weapon Technologies, 34th Round Table on current issues of international humanitarian law, San Remo, 8–10 September 2011

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‘Excessive’ ambiguity: analysing and refining the proportionality standard

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Book Review - The law of armed conflict: an operational approach

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New publications in humanitarian action and the law (Summer 2012)