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Dehumanization of Warfare

Legal Implications of New Weapon Technologies

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Editors:
  1. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

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

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  2. Robert Frau

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

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  3. Tassilo Singer

    1. University of Passau , Passau, Germany

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  • Provides an overview of current discussion on autonomous weapons and cyberwarfare
  • Offers a new approach that considers different new weapon technologies under the same legal rules
  • Includes ethical and philosophical reasoning on new weapon technologies – a central part of the current discussions
  • Offers insights into the status quo in robotics and digital forensics, fostering a common understanding of the challenges of new weapon technologies
  • Written by leading experts, which guarantees the high quality of the contributions

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer
    Pages 1-11

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

    • Jeffrey S. Thurnher
    Pages E1-E1

  4. Dehumanization of Warfare and International Humanitarian Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Autonomous Weapons and International Humanitarian Law

      • Yoram Dinstein
      Pages 15-20

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

      • William Boothby
      Pages 21-52

  5. Ethical Challenges of Dehumanization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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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

      Pages 75-75
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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

      Pages 127-127
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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

      Pages 161-161
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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
      Pages 207-218

    4. Concluding Remarks by the Editors

      • Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau, Tassilo Singer
      Pages 219-230

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 231-233
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Robert Frau

  • University of Passau , Passau, Germany

    Tassilo Singer

About the editors

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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