Navigating the Algorithm of Warfare & Human Rights
As machine learning systems become embedded in defense infrastructure, targeting protocols, and surveillance, FIAE’s Technology & AI Unit convenes international jurists, computer scientists, and military ethicists to evaluate regulatory frameworks and African digital sovereignty.
Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS) & The Principle of Distinction
Can artificial intelligence accurately distinguish between active combatants and civilians in asymmetric conflict zones? This session critiques algorithmic target identification against Article 48 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.
State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare & Critical Infrastructure Protection
Examining cyber attacks on hospitals, electrical grids, and water systems under the Tallinn Manual 2.0 framework and state liability under international criminal law.
Criminal Responsibility for Algorithmic War Crimes
Who is held accountable when an autonomous system commits a war crime—the military commander, the software developer, or the manufacturer? A deep dive into command responsibility doctrines.