War-Algorithm Accountability

Lewis, Dustin A.; Blum, Gabriella; Modirzadeh, Naz K.

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“…Another set of developments relates to an increase in the potential physical distance or amount of time (or both) that constructed systems with partial or full automatic or autonomous navigation may be able to travel at sea, on land, in air, or in outer space. Furthermore, developments in the fields of miniaturization of constructed systems and of interactive capacities between humans and machines (sometimes called "human-machine teaming") and among machines (sometimes referred to as "swarming") may be relevant as well [ 5 .…”

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International legal regulation of the employment of artificial-intelligence-related technologies in armed conflict

Lewis¹

2020

Mosc. j. int. law

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INTRODUCTION. In recent years, increased attention has been dedicated at the international level to legal issues concerning the possible employment of artificialintelligence-related technologies in hostilities in armed conflict. Most prominently, discussions in the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) have addressed juridical aspects relative to emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems.MATERIALS AND METHODS. I analyze contemporary intergovernmental debates in the context of the CCW, international legal frameworks pertaining to armed conflict, and developments in relevant technologies. I do so to trace current trajectories and generate an analytical framework to help apply legal responsibility.RESEARCH RESULTS. A disagreement has arisen among certain States in the context of the CCW as to whether to develop a new primary legal norm or whether existing international humanitarian law is suffi ent. Taking account of that current normative impasse, I propose an analytical framework aimed at ensuring the applicability of international legal responsibility in respect of the employment of AI-related technologies in armed conflict.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. Given the range of relevant technologies, the employment of AI in armed conflict may occur across diverse thematic and functional areas: not only in the conduct of hostilities, including weapons, but also detention, humanitarian services, maritime systems, and many other areas. Identification of the general concepts and specific attributes necessary to apply international legal responsibility across the array of implicated areas may help provide a framework through which to respect the law, guide behavior, pursue accountability, and generate areas of greater normative consensus.

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Section: Current Trajectories Concerning the Ccw's Group Of Governmenmentioning

confidence: 99%

International legal regulation of the employment of artificial-intelligence-related technologies in armed conflict

Lewis¹

2020

Mosc. j. int. law

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“…Humanitarian actors in general may have stronger bases in IHL than other fields of international law (such as IHRL) to make claims for obtaining and maintaining access to populations in need. 66 Those actors might therefore be more prone to err on the side of not prematurely terminating an armed conflict, even though not only the protective aspects but also the "enabling" aspects of IHL would continue to be applicable. 67 Furthermore, to adjudicate war crimes (which, at least by most definitions, may be committed only with a sufficient connection to an armed conflict), courts need to determine the existence of a relevant armed conflict to establish jurisdiction.…”

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The notion of “protracted armed conflict” in the Rome Statute and the termination of armed conflicts under international law: An analysis of select issues

Lewis¹

2019

Int. rev. Red Cross

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Legal controversies and disagreements have arisen about the timing and duration of numerous contemporary armed conflicts, not least regarding how to discern precisely when those conflicts began and when they ended (if indeed they have ended). The existence of several long-running conflicts – some stretching across decades – and the corresponding suffering that they entail accentuate the stakes of these debates. To help shed light on some select aspects of the duration of contemporary wars, this article analyzes two sets of legal issues: first, the notion of “protracted armed conflict” as formulated in a war-crimes-related provision of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and second, the rules, principles and standards laid down in international humanitarian law and international criminal law pertaining to when armed conflicts have come to an end. The upshot of the analysis is that under existing international law, there is no general category of “protracted armed conflict”; that the question of whether to pursue such a category raises numerous challenges; and that several dimensions of the law concerning the end of armed conflict are unsettled.

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Kapitel XI Einsatzrecht Teil II – Übertragung auf die Dehumanisierung der Kriegführung und Ergebnis

Singer

2018

Dehumanisierung Der Kriegführung

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War-Algorithm Accountability

Cited by 13 publications

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International legal regulation of the employment of artificial-intelligence-related technologies in armed conflict

International legal regulation of the employment of artificial-intelligence-related technologies in armed conflict

The notion of “protracted armed conflict” in the Rome Statute and the termination of armed conflicts under international law: An analysis of select issues

Kapitel XI Einsatzrecht Teil II – Übertragung auf die Dehumanisierung der Kriegführung und Ergebnis

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