Dr. Gregory P. Noone: killer robots, drones, AI and the future of warfare

Dr. Gregory P. Noone: killer robots, drones, AI and the future of warfare

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⌚️2023-04-24 16:00:00 – 2023-04-24 17:30:00
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🎙Speaker: Dr. Gregory P. Noone, Executive Director at the PILPG
⏰ Date: Monday 24.04.2023
🕒 Time: 16.00 – 17.30 (Kyiv, EEST)
🇬🇧 Language: English

Center for Civil Liberties and Public International Law & Policy Group opening a series of public lectures dedicated to IHL/LOAC (International humanitarian law/Law of Armed Conflict) studies.

The US military has updated its Department of Defense directive to focus on the use of autonomous weapons, marking its first revision in a decade. The development follows the announcement by NATO in October 2022 of an implementation plan designed to maintain the alliance's technological lead. The increasing use of semi-autonomous missiles in Ukraine is creating pressure to use fully autonomous weapons on the battlefield. However, critics, including the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, argue that autonomous weapons lack the judgment required to distinguish between civilians and legitimate military targets, and that the risk of weapons being used by terrorists and other non-state actors is too high.

For some time Lethal autonomous weapons have now been used on the battlefield. Ukraine is no exception. Both sides use drones for reconnaissance and conduct of hostilities.

Our lecturer Dr. Gregory P. Noone will examine various aspects of LAWs including:

– the key issues raised by autonomous weapon systems under international humanitarian law (IHL);
– legal terminology, definition surrounding LAWs;
– what are the ethical concerns of killer robots?
– are lethal autonomous weapons unethical?
– are killer robots banned?
– what weapons classified under the definition of Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS)?
– did the UN fail to agree on the killer robot ban?
– which countries are against the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots?
– are existing international humanitarian law is sufficient enough regulation for this area?
– what is the law of robotic warfare?
– and how all of this concerns Ukraine now.

Dr. Gregory P. Noone will put IHL norms into the present 2022-2023 Russia aggression.

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Gregory P. Noone.

Dr. Gregory P. Noone, Ph.D., J.D., is an Executive Director at the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG). Dr. Noone works on PILPG's Ukraine and Yemen projects related to peacebuilding, transitional justice, and human rights documentation. Dr. Noone has conducted PILPG justice system assessments in Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire as well as provided transitional justice assistance in post-Gaddafi Libya and to the Syrian opposition. Dr. Noone was also part of the international effort investigating the Myanmar government’s atrocities committed against the Rohingya population. He worked as an investigator in the refugee camps in Bangladesh and as one of the legal experts on the report’s findings.

Dr. Noone also worked as a Senior Program Officer for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by the U.S. Congress to promote research, education, and training on the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. While at USIP, Noone received a Special Act Award for his work in Afghanistan.

Dr. Noone is a Captain in the United States Navy and has served as the Commanding Officer of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) reserve unit and as the Commanding Officer of the Navy JAG International and Operational Law reserve unit as well as the Director of the Department of Defense’s Periodic Review Secretariat (PRS). Dr. Noone previously served on active duty as a judge advocate in the U.S. Navy.

He is a Brockton, Massachusetts native who received a B.A. in Political Science from Villanova University, an M.A. in International Affairs from The Catholic University of America, an M.D.S. (Master of Defence Studies) from The Royal Military College of Canada, a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, and a Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations) from West Virginia University. Dr. Noone is a graduate of the Canadian Forces College’s Joint Command and Staff Programme (JRCSP 12 and JCSP 36).

In 2012, Dr. Noone was appointed by the United Nations to an Independent Experts Panel to review the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight. Dr. Noone is the Director of the Fairmont State University National Security and Intelligence Program and a Professor of Political Science and Law. Dr. Noone was selected the 2012 West Virginia Professor of the Year. Dr. Noone is also an adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he has taught International Law, Genocide and Atrocity Crimes, International Humanitarian Law, Terrorism, and U.S. Military Law and Legal Policies. He also teaches Leadership and Ethics in graduate programs at Boston College.

He has published and presented articles on the Rwandan Genocide, the Law of Armed Conflict, the International Criminal Court, and Military Tribunals at numerous forums. Dr. Noone is the co-author (with Laurie R. Blank) of the widely used textbook: International Law and Armed Conflict: Fundamental Principles and Contemporary Challenges in the Law of War Second Edition (Aspen / Wolters Kluwer Publishing 2019).

The event is open to everyone interested.

Target audience

– Researchers and advanced students (master's or PhD) in the fields of human rights and IHL, international law, political science, philosophy, or computer science
– Policy analysts and legal advisers working on innovation and technology in public or private institutions, military
– Industry professionals working the law and governance of AI

The development of these seminar has been made possible through the support of the Public International Law & Policy Group.

The seminar is facilitated by the CCL on the basis of Kyiv School of Human Rights and Democracy. This event is enabled by the financial support from Sweden.

✅Registration is mandatory via: https://forms.gle/PQZVbiEVbHYNhXHUA

The registered participant will receive a link to the Zoom platform to his / her own e-mail box.

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