Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

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Foreign Policy Essay

Will Killer Robots Be Banned? Lessons from Past Civil Society Campaigns

Michael C. Horowitz, Julia M. Macdonald Sun, Nov 5, 2017, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: One of the most successful NGO anti-war efforts was the campaign to ban landmines, which led to a treaty banning their use and production in 1997. Activists, not surprisingly, are using this model as they focus on other technologies, including autonomous weapons systems—and yes, here is a Terminator link.

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Autonomous Weapon Systems

A Primer on Debates over Law and Ethics of Autonomous Weapon Systems

Kenneth Anderson, Matthew Waxman Wed, Jul 5, 2017, 10:00 AM

For Lawfare readers interested in law and regulation of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), we’re pleased to note our new essay, recently posted to SSRN, “Debating Autonomous Weapon Systems, Their Ethics, and Their Regulation Under International Law.” It appears as a chapter in a just-published volume, The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation, and Technology, edited by Rog

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Readings

"War-Algorithm Accountability": A Briefing Report from the Harvard Law School Program on Law and Armed Conflict

Kenneth Anderson Mon, Oct 10, 2016, 7:50 AM

Congratulations to Dustin Lewis, Gabriella Blum, and Naz Modirzadeh on the publication, just a few weeks ago, of their exciting new book, War-Algorithm Accountability.

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