Consumer drones in conflict: where do they fi...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision-support systems are increasingly embedded upstream of the use of force, shaping how military actors plan attacks, assessing effects, and anticipating harm. In contemporary urban warfare, where civilian infrastructure forms complex and d ...  Show more

The ICRC continues to witness unacceptable levels of suffering when the law designed to protect families, prevent people from going missing, and ensure the dignified and respectful treatment of the dead is disregarded. At the same time, we have also documented countless, daily ef ...  Show more

Dans la nuit du 3 au 4 mai 2023, l’Ukraine indique avoir abattu 18 drones sur 24 envoyés par la Russie. La veille, le gouvernement russe avait détruit 2 drones qu’ils attribuent à l’armée ukrainienne. Devenu une arme incontournable, le drone n’est pas prêt de stopper son ascensio ...  Show more

Unseen, they stalk their targets from thousands of feet in the air. Operators are piloting them from military bases halfway across the world. At any moment, they could launch a strike that comes without warning. The attack drone was supposed to be a symbol of the era of precision ...  Show more

Drones, which were originally developed by the military, are now being used all over the world for humanitarian purposes. Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa, the founder of CHIL-AI, tells Jo Critcher how she was inspired by her own experience of cancer to use drones to give more women in Uga ...  Show more

La guerre en Ukraine illustre bien la place prise par de nouvelles armes. C'est notamment le cas des drones. Ces petits engins, qui servaient plutôt d'instruments de reconnaissance, sont devenus, au fil du temps, des armes offensives.

Aujourd'hui, en effet, certains ...