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The International Journal of Human RightsVolume 19, Issue 2, 2015Special Issue: Legal and Ethical Implications of Drone Warfare |
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Getting drones wrong
Abstract
Over the last several years there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in drones, their impact on armed conflict, and the ethics of using such unmanned weaponry. While this attention and inquiry is to be welcomed, an examination of this scholarship reveals that much of it frequently gets drones wrong – focusing too much on the questionable ‘newness’ of the technology, misunderstanding or misapplying the legal principles which govern such conventional weaponry (especially proportionality) and searching for definitive answers from problematic data. This article highlights the trouble with the contemporary debate over drones and sets out a research agenda in a world of murky campaigns and imperfect information.
Keywords
- drones,
- unmanned aerial vehicles,
- laws of war,
- ethics of war,
- international humanitarian law,
- proportionality,
- United States foreign policy
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- Published online: 24 Feb 2015
Author affiliations
- a Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada
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