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Making the Case: The Dangers of Killer Robots and the Need for a Preemptive Ban

ban killer robots autonomous weaponsAcademic

Assessment outcome

total 4/6 (actionability 1 + authority 1 + currency 2)

Total4/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency2/2

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

No evidence recorded for this source.

Issuer authority (evidence)

No evidence recorded for this source.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

Passed in screening.

G2 · AI nexuspass

Passed in screening.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

Passed in screening.

G4 · Attributablepass

Passed in screening.

G5 · In forcepass

Passed in screening.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

No rationale recorded.

We found that to comply with the Martens Clause, countries should adopt a treaty banning the development, production and use of these weapons.

Authority

1/2

No rationale recorded.

Bonnie Docherty Lecturer on Law and Associate Director of Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Harvard University

Currency

2/2

No rationale recorded.

Classification

Coverage topicban killer robots autonomous weapons
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layermodel
GranularityNot recorded