[E-rundbrief] Info 2034 - Autonomous weapon systems, Feminist perspectives

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief Info 2034 - Reaching Critical Will, Ray Acheson: Feminist 
perspectives on autonomous weapon systems.

Bad Ischl, 7.11.2020

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Feminist perspectives on autonomous weapon systems.

Reaching Critical Will

Ray Acheson

October 2020

This paper series provides a feminist analysis of particular problems 
posed by the development and potential use of autonomous weapon systems.

Autonomous weapons and patriarchy unpacks the concepts of patriarchy 
and militarised masculinities and explains how these are relevant for 
an analysis of autonomous weapon systems. It outlines how the 
operation of weapons programmed to target and kill based on 
pre-programmed algorithms against people who are racialised, gendered, 
and otherwise categorised, will result in the violation of human 
rights and dignity. It argues the importance of confronting autonomous 
weapons as manifestations of the broader policies and structures of 
violence that perpetuate an increasing abstraction of violence and 
devaluation of human life.

Autonomous weapons and gender-based violence describes gender-based 
violence (GBV) and how it relates to the militarised masculinities and 
mission of the patriarchy. It looks at the connections between the 
possession and use of weapons and the commission of acts of GBV, 
unpacking in particular arguments about autonomous weapons and sexual 
violence. Looking at the challenges that autonomous weapons will pose 
to accountability for violence, among other things, the paper also 
explores the relationship between these weapons and the broader 
culture of impunity inherent in gendered violence.

Written by Ray Acheson •  Published by the Reaching Critical Will 
programme of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 
with the support of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots •  October 2020

https://mailchi.mp/reachingcriticalwill.org/first-committee-briefing-book-1091612?e=7cfcd8c770


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