Dehumanization of Warfare

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer

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3. Erratum to: Feasible Precautions in Attack and Autonomous Weapons

   • Jeffrey S. Thurnher

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4. Dehumanization of Warfare and International Humanitarian Law

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Autonomous Weapons and International Humanitarian Law

      • Yoram Dinstein

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   3. Dehumanization: Is There a Legal Problem Under Article 36?

      • William Boothby

      Pages 21-52

5. Ethical Challenges of Dehumanization

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Dehumanization: The Ethical Perspective

      • Jan C. Joerden

      Pages 55-73

6. Unmanned Systems in Particular at Sea and Land

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Autonomy of Mobile Robots

      • Georg Heppner, Ruediger Dillmann

      Pages 77-98

   3. Feasible Precautions in Attack and Autonomous Weapons

      • Jeffrey S. Thurnher

      Pages 99-117

   4. Unmanned Maritime Systems: Does the Increasing Use of Naval Weapon Systems Present a Challenge for IHL?

      • Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

      Pages 119-126

7. Cyber Warfare

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Digital Forensics

      • Stefan Meier

      Pages 129-145

   3. CPU and Keyboard: Weapons of Mass Disruption?

      • Sigmar Stadlmeier

      Pages 147-160

8. Specific Aspects of Dehumanization

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Soldier 2.0: Military Human Enhancement and International Law

      • Heather A. Harrison Dinniss, Jann K. Kleffner

      Pages 163-205

   3. Meaningful Human Control – and the Politics of International Law

      • Thilo Marauhn

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   4. Concluding Remarks by the Editors

      • Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer

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9. Back Matter

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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.

• Autonomous weapons
• Cyberwarfare
• Dehumanization
• Law of armed conflict
• Military robots

• Faculty of Law, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

  Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau

• University of Passau , Passau, Germany

  Tassilo Singer

Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany

Robert Frau, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany

Tassilo Singer, University of Passau, Germany

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