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The threat of biological weapons has been worrying about the armed
forces, as well as political leaders for quite some time. With the
global recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpassing one million, the
biotechnological revolution has heightened the fear of future
weaponized pathogens. The COVID-19 virus or its variant could be
the most effective weapon for future biological warfare. The
indiscriminate effect of such a weapon and its power to cripple
economies and devastate the lives of people may make it attractive
to rogue States and non-State actors. This book provides an updated
analysis of biological warfare agents, including the COVID-19
virus, biotechnological developments affecting biological agents,
and the legal regime responsible for preventing the use of
biological weapons.
The threat of biological weapons has been worrying about the armed
forces, as well as political leaders for quite some time. With the
global recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpassing one million, the
biotechnological revolution has heightened the fear of future
weaponized pathogens. The COVID-19 virus or its variant could be
the most effective weapon for future biological warfare. The
indiscriminate effect of such a weapon and its power to cripple
economies and devastate the lives of people may make it attractive
to rogue States and non-State actors. This book provides an updated
analysis of biological warfare agents, including the COVID-19
virus, biotechnological developments affecting biological agents,
and the legal regime responsible for preventing the use of
biological weapons.
As many as fifty non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in countries such
as Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India,
Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, the Philippines,
Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Yemen are engaged in the
recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. In Somalia,
South Sudan, Syria and Yemen the situation continues to be
perilous, with many hundreds of children recruited, used, killed
and maimed. Children have been used by the NSAGs as executioners
and suicide bombers. By an estimate, there are 300,000-350,000
child soldiers worldwide and the alarming trend continues to grow.
According to the United Nations, there has been a fivefold increase
in the number of children recruited in a few ongoing armed
conflicts. This book gives an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis
of the recruitment and use of child soldiers worldwide; and
examines the (in) adequacy of international institutions and laws
in protecting children. It is an invaluable resource for anyone
interested or working in the field of protecting children:
teachers, students, lawyers, government officials, military and
police personnel, researchers and human rights activists.
Nearly 45 countries are at different stages of developing robotic
weapons or lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). The United
States, for example, has recently test launched its robotic vessel
Sea Hunter, a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel
thousands of miles without a single crew member on board. As
reported, the vessel has the capability to detect and destroy
stealth diesel-electric submarines and sea mines. However, though
the militaries of the developed countries are in a race to develop
LAWS to perform varied functions on the battlefield, a large
section of robotic engineers, ethical analysts, and legal experts
are of the firm belief that robotic weapons will never meet the
standards of distinction and proportionality required by the laws
of war, and therefore will be illegal. This book provides an
insight into lethal autonomous weapon systems and debates whether
it would be morally correct to give machines the power to decide
who lives and who dies on the battlefield.
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