الروبوتات العسكرية في الحروب المستقبلية و مدى خضوعها لأحكام القانون الدولي الإنساني

الملخص EN

This research paper aims to study the pros and cons of the technology of the fourth industrial revolution related to military robots in future wars, and the extent to which they comply to the rules of international and national armed conflicts.

At a time when technology produced modern methods of combat that depend on the presence of robots capable of entering wars without relying on humans and without helping them, and even able to make a decision to kill and destroy.

The research deals with several topics, including: What are robots and their origin and development, types and uses and the difference between them and drones, the dangers resulting from the use of robots in armed conflicts, and the extent to which this technology is subject to the rules of armed conflicts, or what is known as the rules and customs of war because of the randomness of these automatic or self-controlled robots that can cause excessive pain and damage, whether for combatants or civilians.

The researcher uses the descriptive analytical method that depends on clarifying what autonomous robots are, the risks involved in using them during armed conflicts, and their compatibility with the rules and customs of war, by referring to Arab and foreign references and websites.

The research concludes that many countries in their modern wars rely heavily on this technology, or the so-called fourth industrial revolution, which is based on the artificial intelligence of weapons used in these wars, and that the rules of international humanitarian law are governing the extent of the legitimacy of means of combat during armed conflicts, among them these means are modern self, control or with random-effect.