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Developing International Guidelines For Protecting Schools And Universities From Military Use During Armed Conflict, Steven Haines
Developing International Guidelines For Protecting Schools And Universities From Military Use During Armed Conflict, Steven Haines
International Law Studies
One consequence of armed conflict, especially that of a non-international character, is serious damage done to vital societal infrastructure. Education–schools and universities–can be severely disrupted, even subject to attack. Targeting of schools may not invariably be unlawful if educational facilities are being put to military use. Such use may itself not be unlawful but it can result in schools being transformed from civilian objects into military objectives–and subject, therefore, to lawful targeting. This was a problem highlighted by humanitarian NGOs a decade ago and led to the formation, by both NGOs and United Nations agencies, of the Global Coalition to …
Command Accountability For Ai Weapon Systems In The Law Of Armed Conflict, James Kraska
Command Accountability For Ai Weapon Systems In The Law Of Armed Conflict, James Kraska
International Law Studies
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in weapon systems enhances the ability of operational forces to fuse multispectral sensors to understand the warfighting environment, positively identify, track, and select targets, and engage them with the most appropriate effects. The potential for AI to help close the “kill chain” has raised concern that this creates a gap in accountability between the decisions of humans and the acts of machines, with humans no longer accountable for decisions made during armed conflict. This study suggests that there is no gap because the military commander is always directly and individually accountable for the employment …