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SUMMARY:International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War 
 - Professor Dan Saxon\, Visiting Professor\, University of Utrecht
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CONTACT:Annica Curtis
DESCRIPTION:International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of 
 War: Challenges for the Next Generation\n\nThis presentation explores the 
 legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use o
 f new military technologies for the conduct of warfare.  The application o
 f International Humanitarian Law (‘IHL’) is an attempt to achieve an e
 quitable balance between humanitarian requirements and the necessities of 
 war.  Thus\, the obligations of IHL are intended to reduce the suffering c
 aused by war\, in particular the pain inflicted on civilians and persons h
 ors de combat.  The efforts of IHL to promote the ‘humanization of war  
 presuppose that war’s protagonists – soldiers\, military officers\, ci
 vilian superiors and insurgents – are human.  Increasingly\, however\, w
 ar is and will be fought by machines – and virtual networks linking mach
 ines - which\, to varying degrees\, are controlled by humans.  With advanc
 es in artificial intelligence\, machines will be less dependent on human c
 ontrol and humans will become dependent on machines to ‘make decisions
 ’ and take action for them. The automation of killing is perhaps the lar
 gest legal and moral hurdle facing unmanned combat systems.  Dan Saxon wil
 l discuss whether IHL – in its current form – is sufficient to control
  the development and operation of these technologies.\n
LOCATION:Hughes Hall\, Pavilion Room
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