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New technologies and warfare
This edition of the quarterly journal by the ICRC features articles by several campaigners on banning autonomous weapons systems, autonomous robot warfare, and the role of civil society in the development of standards on new weapons.
The dazzling scientific and technical progress of recent decades has given rise to unprecedented means and methods of warfare. Some of these new technologies (such as observation and combat drones) are already in use, while others (nanotechnologies, combat robots, and laser weapons) are still in the experimental and developmental stages.
This publication can be found on the ICRC website here.
The growing use of technology in the conduct of hostilities raises complex issues of responsibility in view of the number of people – civilians and soldiers – involved in the process from the design to the use of the weapon in question. To whom should responsibility be ascribed for an illegal attack by a robot?
