In June 2011 the Oxford Research Group produced a discussion paper on the legal obligations governing the use of armed drones. You can read the press release and download the paper. Lesley Docksey of MAW has written an article on this and some of the other legal issues surrounding these …
In June 2011 the Oxford Research Group produced a discussion paper on the legal obligations governing the use of armed drones. Read the press release and download the paper. Lesley Docksey of MAW has written an article by on this and some of the other legal issues surrounding these weapons.
by Lesley Docksey, 18/07/11 The UK Ministry of Defence, in common with the defence policies of other states, is increasing its development, manufacture and use of armed drones. In a report published earlier this year, it stated that ‘a technological tipping point is approaching that may well deliver a genuine revolution in …
“Catch 16-22: Recruitment and retention of minors in the British armed forces“ We think of child soldiers as being a problem in places like the Congo. But “child soldiers” include all those under the age of 18. And under those terms we enlist them in Britain too. This report by …
Catch 16-22 Recruitment and retention of minors in the British armed forcesWe think of child soldiers as being a problem in places like the Congo. But “child soldiers” include all those under the age of 18. And under those terms we enlist them in Britain too. This report by the …
A publication from Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, 2010 “Whilst military capacity is exposed every day to be a terminally ineffective method of assuring security given the nature of modern threats, militaries the world over consume ever-increasing amounts of the world’s human and economic resources. Despite this realization, …
In 2010, the British Pugwash Group published a statement in which three distinguished scientists argue that “War is not inevitable: aggressiveness can be tamed”. British Pugwash is the UK arm of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an international network of scientists and others concerned about the social …
by Lyn SmithMainstream Publishing, 2010 (in association with the Imperial War Museum) I had been looking forward to this book since Lyn Smith gave a talk at the last Peace History Conference. It was well worth the wait. Taken from the Museum’s archive of recorded interviews, many of them conducted …
by Brian JonesBiteback, 2010 With Iraq, dodgy dossiers and David Kelly in mind, this book is a must-read. Brian Jones was an intelligence official (he retired in 2003), and this is the story from the inside, making use of his personal knowledge of the system, the process that led us …
by Fredrik HeffermehlPraeger (USA), 2010 Norwegian lawyer Heffermehl clearly and convincingly demonstrates that almost from the beginning, but especially in post World War II years, the executors of Nobel’s will, signed in 1895, failed to observe its terms. Instead they have many times stretched the word ‘peace’ to cover whatever …
