Dehumanization of Warfare: Legal Implications of New Weapon Technologies

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This book addresses the technological evolution of modern warfare due to unmanned systems and the growing capacity for cyberwarfare. The increasing involvement of unmanned means and methods of warfare can lead to a total removal of humans from the navigation, command and decision-making processes in the control of unmanned systems, and as such away from 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 science 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer)....Pages 1-11 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Autonomous Weapons and International Humanitarian Law (Yoram Dinstein)....Pages 15-20 Dehumanization: Is There a Legal Problem Under Article 36? (William Boothby)....Pages 21-52 Front Matter ....Pages 53-53 Dehumanization: The Ethical Perspective (Jan C. Joerden)....Pages 55-73 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 Autonomy of Mobile Robots (Georg Heppner, Ruediger Dillmann)....Pages 77-98 Feasible Precautions in Attack and Autonomous Weapons (Jeffrey S. Thurnher)....Pages 99-117 Unmanned Maritime Systems: Does the Increasing Use of Naval Weapon Systems Present a Challenge for IHL? (Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg)....Pages 119-126 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Digital Forensics (Stefan Meier)....Pages 129-145 CPU and Keyboard: Weapons of Mass Disruption? (Sigmar Stadlmeier)....Pages 147-160 Front Matter ....Pages 161-161 Soldier 2.0: Military Human Enhancement and International Law (Heather A. Harrison Dinniss, Jann K. Kleffner)....Pages 163-205 Meaningful Human Control – and the Politics of International Law (Thilo Marauhn)....Pages 207-218 Concluding Remarks by the Editors (Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer)....Pages 219-230 Back Matter ....Pages 231-233