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International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET)
Volume 11, Issue 9, September 2020, pp. 184-194, Article ID: IJARET_11_09_019
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ISSN Print: 0976-6480 and ISSN Online: 0976-6499
DOI: 10.34218/IJARET.11.9.2020.019
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LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEM:
AN APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW VIS-A-VIS
CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS OF INDIA
Dr. Kyvalya Garikapati, Ankita Shaw, Ipsita Das, Pratiti Nayak
KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Dr. Anuradha Yarlagadda
Gayathri Vidhya Parishad College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh, India
ABSTRACT
The development of technology has become inevitable in almost every sphere.
Over the years technology has permeated even in the defence technology. A dramatic
transformation of war took place in the year 1945 with the development of nuclear
weapons. Since then, there was no looking back. The nation states have come a long
way with the development of gunpowder, nuclear weapons and now with the
consideration of developing Lethal Autonomous Weapons System it has moved
towards fourth phase of Industrial Revolution. The Lethal Autonomous Weapons
System is considered to be such a system which is in the phase of an ongoing
development in the field of military technology. However, the transformation in the
conduct of wars is not without its detrimental effects. Also, the development of
weapons takes place not because the nations are interested to develop, but because of
the prestige and the deterrent theory. The development of such technologically
advanced weapons which can identify, attack and destroy targets without human
intervention is beyond the permissible limits of International Human Rights Law and
the Constitutional Standards of Domestic Law. The paper condemns the development
of such technologically advanced lethal autonomous weapons system as a conduct of
war methodology. The author further emphasizes the limits of the International Law
vis-à-vis the Constitutional limits of Domestic Law specifically, India.
Key words: Data Analytics, Autonomous weapons, Constitution, International Law
Cite this Article: Kyvalya Garikapati, Ankita Shaw, Ipsita Das, Pratiti Nayak and
Anuradha Yarlagadda, Lethal Autonomous Weapons System: An Application of
International Human Rights Law Vis-A-Vis Constitutional Standards of India,
International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology, 11(9),
2020, pp. 184-194.
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