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50 J.L. & Soc'y 55 (2019)
Killer Robots and Their Compliance with the Principles of Law of War

handle is hein.journals/jlsup50 and id is 144 raw text is: Journal of Law and Society Law College Vol. L, No. 75 University of Peshawar July 2019 KILLER ROBOTS AND THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF LAW OF WAR Asif Khan', Muhammad Abid Hussain Shah Jillani2, Maseehullah3 ABSTRACT Robots are no longer fictional as they used to be years ago. Technological advancements and developments in artificial intelligence (Al) development have allowed innovation of robots that carry out diverse functions. Among these are robot innovations aimed at replacing soldiers in battle fields. These robots have been argued to be more ethical and clinical than human soldiers by some scholars. Others have argued that the increasing level of autonomy in these robots leading to innovation of fully autonomous weapons should be banned. They argue that the ability of these weapons to differentiate between civilians and combatants and thus may cause unnecessary death of civilians. This paper discusses how difficult it is for the law of war (international humanitarian law) to be applied by the algorithm by discussing how killer robots (also known as autonomous weapons system) cannot comply to the basic law of war principles like distinction, proportionality and precaution. These principles call for unquantifiable decisions which need human-like characters which killer robots do not possess. The paper also argues how humanitarian law accepts responsibility for a human agency, 1 Doctoral Student at Zhengzhou University, school of law, China. LL. B (5 years) AWKUM/Master of law in international law IIUI, Pakistan. ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-5059-5976 . He is serving as an advocate high court at Peshawar High court, Peshawar, Pakistan. The author may be contacted at advasifftvahoo.com. 2 Doctoral Student at Zhengzhou University, school of law, China. LL. B / (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan). He is serving as advocate High court at Punjab high court, Pakistan. The author may be contacted at dr abidshah(gs.zzu.edu.cn / I Doctoral Student at the at BIT University, school of law, China. LL.B. (University of Peshawar)/ LLM international law (international Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan. He is serving as advocate high court at Peshawar High court, Peshawar, Pakistan. The author may be contacted at advmaseehullah(vahoo.com. 55

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