Papers by Damian Copeland
Chapman and Hall/CRC eBooks, Apr 10, 2024
Weapons reviews of autonomous weapon systems: Report on submissions to the GGE on LAWS (version 1... more Weapons reviews of autonomous weapon systems: Report on submissions to the GGE on LAWS (version 1.0). University of Queensland. Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Convention, Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). (2016). Advanced version of the draft report of the 2016 informal meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS).
Journal of Conflict and Security Law
The obligation to legally review weapons, means and methods of warfare has been identified by the... more The obligation to legally review weapons, means and methods of warfare has been identified by the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems as one of its Guiding Principles. Despite calls to share practical measures and processes to undertake this review, national practice remains opaque and fragmented. This article describes the traditional weapons review process and explains why this process may need to be modified to adequately evaluate autonomous weapon systems (AWS). It uses three case studies of fictional AWS in various stages of development and acquisition to demonstrate how existing review processes can be adapted for the review of AWS. This article shows the utility of these reviews for ensuring compliance of AWS with existing legal requirements, thereby also demonstrating the suitability of existing law to regulate the use of this novel technology in warfare.
Developing an approach to the legal review of autonomous weapon systems
International Law Association, Nov 27, 2020
Routledge eBooks, Dec 2, 2021
Australia is a leading AI nation with strong allies and partnerships. Australia has prioritised t... more Australia is a leading AI nation with strong allies and partnerships. Australia has prioritised the development of robotics, AI, and autonomous systems to develop sovereign capability for the military. Australia commits to Article 36 reviews of all new means and methods of warfare to ensure weapons and weapons systems are operated within acceptable systems of control. Additionally, Australia has undergone significant reviews of the risks of AI to human rights and within intelligence organisations and has committed to producing ethics guidelines and frameworks in Security and Defence. Australia is committed to OECD's values-based principles for the responsible stewardship of trustworthy AI as well as adopting a set of National AI ethics principles. While Australia has not adopted an AI governance framework specifically for the Australian Defence Organisation (ADO); Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has published 'A Method for Ethical AI in Defence' (MEAID) technical report which includes a framework and pragmatic tools for managing ethical and legal risks for military applications of AI. Australia can play a leadership role by integrating legal and ethical considerations into its ADO AI capability acquisition process. This requires a policy framework that defines its legal and ethical requirements, is informed by Defence industry stakeholders, and provides a practical methodology to integrate legal and ethical risk mitigation strategies into the acquisition process.
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Papers by Damian Copeland