Introduction to Symposium on the Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces
The conference in Tallinn (May 2024) highlighted legal issues surrounding the military use of biometrics. Three contributions address: biometrics/necrometrics for analyzing conflict victims, challenges of AI-supported facial recognition in targeting processes, and risks of biometric systems for people with disabilities. The collection highlights the need for research and invites further discussion.
Biometrics to Necrometrics: What the Dead Can Tell us About War
This paper examines the use of biometric data from conflict victims from a human security perspective. Such data provides important information about the situation of the civilian population and is subject to clear obligations under international law. The Iraq Body Count project shows how crucial the human dimension is to understanding conflicts.
States of Silence (Peretko)
The article argues that states increasingly avoid articulating clear opinio juris, leaving human rights courts to shape key aspects of international humanitarian law. This judicial influence reduces states’ control over fundamental rules of armed conflict and creates gaps between state practice and legal interpretation.
Autonomous Weapons Systems and the AI Alignment Problem
The authors examine how misalignment between programmers’ intentions and AI behaviour affects autonomous weapons systems. They explore risks arising when AI systems interpret targeting rules unpredictably, and how such misalignment challenges compliance with humanitarian law, accountability, and ethical military decision-making.
Introduction to Symposium on the Law Applicable to the Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces
The conference in Tallinn (May 2024) highlighted legal issues surrounding the military use of biometrics. Three contributions address: biometrics/necrometrics for analyzing conflict victims, challenges of AI-supported facial recognition in targeting processes, and risks of biometric systems for people with disabilities. The collection highlights the need for research and invites further discussion.
Biometrics to Necrometrics: What the Dead Can Tell us About War
This paper examines the use of biometric data from conflict victims from a human security perspective. Such data provides important information about the situation of the civilian population and is subject to clear obligations under international law. The Iraq Body Count project shows how crucial the human dimension is to understanding conflicts.
States of Silence (Peretko)
The article argues that states increasingly avoid articulating clear opinio juris, leaving human rights courts to shape key aspects of international humanitarian law. This judicial influence reduces states’ control over fundamental rules of armed conflict and creates gaps between state practice and legal interpretation.
Autonomous Weapons Systems and the AI Alignment Problem
The authors examine how misalignment between programmers’ intentions and AI behaviour affects autonomous weapons systems. They explore risks arising when AI systems interpret targeting rules unpredictably, and how such misalignment challenges compliance with humanitarian law, accountability, and ethical military decision-making.