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Feb 2023
31m 43s

A Weapon Is No Subordinate. Autonomous W...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Dr. Alessandra Spadaro of Utrecht University outlines several challenges to the applicability of the doctrine of superior responsibility in the context of the use of autonomous weapons systems. 
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