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27 Sw. J. Int'l L. 101 (2021)
Challenges in Regulating Lethal Autonomous Weapons under International Law

handle is hein.journals/sjlta27 and id is 109 raw text is: CHALLENGES IN REGULATING LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW Shane R. Reeves, Ronald T. P. Alcala & Amy McCarthy* I. THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMELINESS IN REGULATING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES....................................................................... 102 II. LAWS AND DEFINITIONAL PROBLEMS .................................. 105 III. SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL CHALLENGES....................................... 107 IV. REGULATORY SUCCESS OF WEAPONS AND THE NATURE OF LAWS.....................................................................................110 A. Effectiveness .................................................................... 111 B. Novelty.............................................................................112 C. Deployment......................................................................113 D. Medical Compatibility ..................................................... 114 E. Disruptiveness ................................................................. 115 F . N o to rie ty ..........................................................................1 16 V . C O N CLU SIO N .......................................................................... 117 Since 2017, the United Nations (UN) has regularly convened a group of government experts (GGE) to explore the technical, legal, and ethical issues surrounding the deployment of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). Established by the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), the UN GGE on LAWS includes * Colonel Shane R. Reeves is a Professor and Head, Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Lieutenant Colonel Ronald T. P. Alcala is an Assistant Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy. Amy McCarthy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy. The views expressed here are the authors' personal views and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, the United States Army, the United States Military Academy, or any other department or agency of the United States Government. The analysis presented stems from academic research of publicly available resources, not from protected operational information. 101