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32 Wis. Int'l L.J. 521 (2014)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Humanization from International Humanitarian Law

handle is hein.journals/wisint32 and id is 547 raw text is: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES: HUMANIZATION FROM INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW HITOMI TAKEMURA* Introduction .................................. ......521 I. Types of Drones ...........................................523 II. Preliminary Legal Issues surrounding Armed Drones...................525 A. Pros and Cons of Using Drones......... ............525 B. Armed Drones and International Law........ ......526 C. Jus Ad Bellum..............................527 D. Jus in Bello.................................530 E. Applicability of International Human Rights Law in an Armed Conflict .........................536 F. Peacetime Use of Drones: Law Enforcement .... .....537 G. Accountability Issues ............... ..............539 III. Present Use and Manufacture of Drones around the World ..........541 IV. The Case of Japanese Laws and UAVs ............. .....542 V. Conclusion .........................................545 INTRODUCTION This paper elucidates the present situation and future prospects of applicable international legal norms and accountability for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a.k.a. unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs). A UAV is regarded as a kind of robot, since, to some extent, it can operate automatically. Robot warfare is no longer science fiction. If combatant robots destroy enemy robots, then there seems to be no immediate impact on human beings. However, as long as robotics can potentially kill humans, one still needs to consider the applicability of laws regulating robotics. The recent increase of the use of drones poses serious questions for international humanitarian law, both theoretically and practically. UAVs dehumanize war; furthermore, the implications of using these *Associate Professor, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan. The author would like to thank Mr. Alzo David-West of Aichi Prefectural University and the editors of this journal for their comments. The author may be reached at takemurahitomi@hotmail.com.