Drone strikes: ethics and laws of 21st century warfare – Dapo Akande & Dr Leveringhaus

This seminar is part of the Oxford Martin School Hilary Term seminar series: Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine

Speakers:

Dapo Akande, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations
Dr Alex Leveringhaus, James Martin Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, Oxford Martin School
With military personnel able to dispatch death and destruction thousands of miles away at the click of a button, do we need new rules to govern warfare in the 21st Century?

Drone strikes have increasingly come under the media spotlight in recent years, with the frequency and consequences of remote attacks causing growing public unease over accountability and fairness.

Hear from law and ethics experts Dapo Akande and Dr Alex Leveringhaus, whose work is helping inform the international debate on drone strikes in relation to international law, human rights and ethics.