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Contemporary accomplices? Considering the potential liability of AI targeting system providers under the Rome Statute
Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled targeting systems are increasingly being used in armed conflicts to process data and provide lists of military objectives. This raises a difficult question that has received little attention: Could the senior executives of the technology companies that provide these systems face criminal liability under international law when their systems contribute to serious violations of international humanitarian law? In this post, part of our Emerging Voices series, Rosa Villar Orero, PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen, argues that Article 25(3)(d)(ii) of…
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