The Power of Humanity: On Being Human Now and in the Future

July 30, 2019, Humanitarian Action / Humanitarian Principles / Identity
Hugo Slim

In December 2019 the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will meet in Geneva ...

Legal regulation of AI weapons under international humanitarian law: A Chinese perspective

May 2, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / 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, 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, 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, Call for papers / Law and Conflict / New Technologies

On the occasion of the 42nd Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law, the ...

The viability of data-reliant predictive systems in armed conflict detention

April 8, 2019, 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 ...

Detaining by algorithm

March 25, 2019, 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 ...

Legal reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare involving artificial intelligence: 16 elements to consider

March 21, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons
Dustin A. Lewis

What are some of the chief concerns in contemporary debates around legal reviews of weapons, ...

Expert views on the frontiers of artificial intelligence and conflict

March 19, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Sasha Radin

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to affect many aspects of our lives ...

The (im)possibility of meaningful human control for lethal autonomous weapon systems

August 29, 2018, Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / Weapons
Elke Schwarz

This week, the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) is ...

The impact of gender and race bias in AI

August 28, 2018, Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Gender / Law and Conflict / Weapons
Noel Sharkey

Automated decision algorithms are currently propagating gender and race discrimination throughout our global community. The ...

The human nature of international humanitarian law

August 23, 2018, Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict
Eric Talbot Jensen

International humanitarian law (IHL) regulates the use of force in armed conflict. It inherently provides ...