Robotic weapons: researchers call for new regulations for 21st century warfare

The Oxford Martin School has today released a policy paper produced by the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) and the Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations (HRFG) on Robotic Weapons. The policy paper - Robo-Wars: The Regulation of Robotic Weapons - was co-authored by Alex Leveringhaus (ELAC) and Gilles Giacca (previously of Human Rights for Future Generations) and can be read on the Oxford Martin School website.

Writing in The Times (paywall), Alex Leveringhaus called for a Geneva convention to ensure wars fought using drones are conducted ethically.