The Limitations of the Law of Armed Conflicts: New Means and Methods of Warfare

Essays in Memory of Rosario Domínguez Matés

In the law of armed conflicts, one of the elements that has changed the most has been the means and methods of warfare. Yet there are few legal answers for the many questions these changes pose. This volume, therefore, seeks to identify the limitations of current international law on this double plane, the means and methods of combat, and to offer insights about how to address them. Topics include the use of nuclear energy, which without being a weapon, can have the same effect as one, chemical and biological weapons, autonomous artificial intelligence weapons, and biobots.
Similarly, fake news, the hostile use of cyberspace, lawfare, the use of big data, terrorism as a combat method, premeditated poisoning, sexual humiliation, the impact of such news on the armed forces and the reorganization needed to face the new scenarios are all situations not contemplated in classical law and which require new legal and operational responses.
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Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Biographical Note: Professor Rosario Domínguez Matés
Part 1 New Means of Warfare, More Problems Added to the Classical Problems
Chapter 1 Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy in New Armed Conflicts
Chapter 2 The Use of Chemical Weapons and Toxic Substances in Contemporary Conflictual Framework
Chapter 3 Biological Weapons and Their Incompatibility with IHL
Chapter 4 Autonomous Weapons and International Responsibility
Chapter 5 Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in New Armed Conflicts
Chapter 6 The New Weapons in Naval Warfare
Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence in Modern War
Chapter 8 The European Union before the Regulation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Chapter 9 The Use of Biobots as a Means of Warfare in the New Armed Conflicts
Part 2 New Methods of Warfare, New International Legal Lagoons
Chapter 10 The Limits of Fake News as Methods of Warfare
Chapter 11 The Hostile Use of Cyberspace and Its Implications as Means of Warfare
Chapter 12 Lawfare as a New Method of Warfare
Chapter 13 Big Data and the New Armed Conflicts
Chapter 14 Terrorism and Counterterrorism in New Asymmetric and Hybrid Warfare. Lessons after Afghanistan
Chapter 15 Poisoning of Food as a Method of Warfare
Chapter 16 Sexual Violence against Men as a Method of Warfare in Contemporary Conflicts
Chapter 17 New Methods (and Means) of Warfare and Their Impact on the Structure of the Armed Forces
Chapter 18 Armies towards the 2035 Horizon Concerning New Threats, Technology and Urban Scenarios (The Example of the Actions of the Spanish Army)
Back Matter
Index
Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez is a Full Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Seville, He is President of the Hispano-Luso-American and Philippine Institute of International Law (IHLADI). He has practiced university teaching in Europe, the United States, Latin America, and Africa. He has published 27 books and more than 150 articles and book chapters.
Preface

Notes on Contributors

Biographical Note: Professor Rosario Domínguez Matés
  Nuria Arenas Hidalgo and Rosa Giles Carnero

part 1
New Means of Warfare, More Problems Added to the Classical Problems
1 Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy in New Armed Conflicts Unfinished Regulation
  Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez

2 The Use of Chemical Weapons and Toxic Substances in Contemporary Conflictual Framework
  Fernando Villena

3 Biological Weapons and Their Incompatibility with ihl
  Ana Cristina Gallego-Hernández

4 Autonomous Weapons and International Responsibility
  Borja Montes Toscano

5 Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in New Armed Conflicts
  Pilar Pozo Serrano

6 The New Weapons in Naval Warfare Unmanned Maritime Systems
  Noelia Arjona Hernández

7 Artificial Intelligence in Modern War Beyond Killer Robots
  Ángel Gómez de Ágreda

8 The European Union before the Regulation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (Between Utopia and Necessity)
  Victoriano Gallego Arce

9 The Use of Biobots as a Means of Warfare in the New Armed Conflicts
  Miguel Ángel Martín López

part 2
New Methods of Warfare, New International Legal Lagoons
10 The Limits of Fake News as Methods of Warfare
  Chema Suárez-Serrano

11 The Hostile Use of Cyberspace and Its Implications as Means of Warfare A ‘Stuxnetization’ of Global Relations?
  Rafael Rodríguez Prieto

12 Lawfare as a New Method of Warfare
  Jonatán Cruz Ángeles

13 Big Data and the New Armed Conflicts
  Víctor Luis Gutiérrez Castillo

14 Terrorism and Counterterrorism in New Asymmetric and Hybrid Warfare Lessons after Afghanistan
  Consuelo Ramón Chornet

15 Poisoning of Food as a Method of Warfare
  Adriana Fillol Mazo

16 Sexual Violence Against Men as a Method of Warfare in Contemporary Conflicts Some Lessons Learned
  Magdalena M. Martín Martínez

17 New Methods (and Means) of Warfare and Their Impact on the Structure of the Armed Forces
  Pedro Sánchez Herráez

18 Armies towards the 2035 Horizon Concerning New Threats, Technology and Urban Scenarios (The Example of the Actions of the Spanish Army)
  Miguel Ballenilla García de Gamarra

Index

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