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Governance regarding emerging military technologies is, at best, a patchwork of treaties, norms, ethical constraints, practices, and procedures which are being adapted to meet the challenges which present themselves as innovations are designed and adaptions occur. A system of governance simply does not exist nor are there specific organizations dedicated to the analysis of ethical and legal concerns as they present themselves. Some traditional norms such as IHL and the Nuremberg Principles are being adopted to regulate the use of technologies and these will form the basis for policy as well as legal and ethical constraints in the future.
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Part one: Norms and ethical considerations
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Part two: International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
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O’Meara, R.M. (2014). Contemporary Governance and Architecture. In: Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century: Ethics and Operations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137449177_5
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