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AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS: KEY LEGAL, ETHICAL AND OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS Geneva Academy Wednesdays


March 1, 2017 17:30-19:30

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Over the last four years, an intense and polemical debate has unfolded about the legality and morality of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), reaching the agenda of the States Parties to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

Should such weapons be banned at the outset or is it possible to manage and regulate their development to ensure compliance with international humanitarian and human rights law? How to do so? Who bears responsibility for their use?

This event, co-organized with the Département de droit international public et organisation internationale of the University of Geneva Law Faculty, will discuss these questions in light of a new edited collection published by Cambridge University Press in 2016 Autonomous Weapons: Law, Ethics, Policy. The volume combines contributions from roboticists, legal scholars, philosophers and sociologists of science in order to recast the debate in a manner that clarifies key areas and articulates questions for future research. Panelists will address some of the arguments raised in this book.

MODERATION

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of Law, University of Geneva

PANELISTS

Nehal Bhuta, Professor of Public International Law and the European University Institute, Co-Editor of Autonomous Weapons: Law, Ethics, Policy

Marco Sassoli, Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva and at the Geneva Academy

Kerstin Vignard, Deputy to the Director and Chief of Operations, UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

ABOUT GENEVA ACADEMY WEDNESDAYS

Geneva Academy Wednesdays are a platform coordinated by Geneva Academy researchers and teaching assistants to foster debate and discussion between academics and practitioners on different aspects of international law or international relations.

LOCATION

Villa Moynier, 120B Rue de Lausanne, Geneva

ACCESS

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Tram 15, Direction Nations - tram stop Butini

Bus 1 or 25, Direction Jardin Botanique - bus stop Sécheron

ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Villa Moynier is accessible to people with disabilities. If you have a disability or any additional needs and require assistance in order to participate fully, please email info@geneva-academy.ch

(c) Geneva Academy 2017

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