Intro to blog series on human costs of cyber operations May 23, 2019 2 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Cyber attacks, defence and security are increasingly high on the agenda of legal, policy and ...
Masculinity and humanitarianism May 20, 2019 9 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity / Sexual Violence Graham Parsons As I write, a boy, no older than 2, is bouncing around the café, laughing ...
The masculine condition in contemporary warfare May 14, 2019 13 mins read Gender / Gender and conflict / Humanitarian Action / Identity Gilbert Holleufer Hugo Slim, in a piece entitled Masculinity and war—let’s talk about it, puts his finger ...
Legal regulation of AI weapons under international humanitarian law: A Chinese perspective May 2, 2019 9 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / The most read blog posts in 2019 / Weapons Qiang Li & Dan Xie Arguably, international humanitarian law (IHL) evolves with the development of emerging technologies. The history of ...
Structural disconnects between algorithmic decision-making and the law April 25, 2019 8 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Suresh Venkatasubramanian Editor’s note: There are disconnects between how algorithmic decision-making systems work and how law works, according to ...
Safety net or tangled web: Legal reviews of AI in weapons and war-fighting April 18, 2019 11 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Netta Goussac Editor’s note: For those interested in the topic of legal reviews of weapons, it is ...
Essay competition: Cyber warfare and artificial intelligence in warfare April 15, 2019 3 mins read Call for papers / Law and Conflict / New Technologies On the occasion of the 42nd Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law, the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and the International ...
Just out! ‘Conflict in Syria’, a new issue of the Review April 11, 2019 11 mins read Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Religion / Review-related Ellen Policinski In 2011, protests in Syria descended into violence and chaos. Eight years later, this once ...
The viability of data-reliant predictive systems in armed conflict detention April 8, 2019 10 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tess Bridgeman Editor’s note: In this post, Tess Bridgeman continues the discussion on detention and the potential use of ...
Enhanced distinction: The need for a more focused autonomous weapons targeting discussion at the LAWS GGE March 28, 2019 10 mins read Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons John Cherry & Christopher Korpela The meeting of the Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) has been taking place in Geneva this week. This ...
The need for clear governance frameworks on predictive algorithms in military settings March 28, 2019 13 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Lorna McGregor Editor’s note: In this post, as part of the AI blog series, Lorna McGregor continues the discussion on ...
Detaining by algorithm March 25, 2019 11 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Ashley Deeks Editor’s note: As part of this AI blog series, several posts focus on detention and the ...
