Best International Law Department Graduate Institute Geneva Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 10 - Will Military Swarms Be the Next Weapon of Mass Destruction? 34:22

3+ y ago34:22

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Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dr. Giacomo Persi Paoli, Programme Lead for Security and Technology Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). In this episode he talks about the next generation of lethal autonomous weapons systems – robot swarms – and their technical and operational features. Giacomo Persi Paoli…

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Episode 9 - How Will Lethal Autonomous Weapons Change the Future of Armed Conflict? 33:55

3+ y ago33:55

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Paola Gaeta and Abhimanyu George Jain interview Dr. Kenneth Payne, Reader in International Relations at King’s College London, where he conducts research in political psychology. In this episode, he talks about how lethal autonomous weapons systems will affect military strategy and change the nature of armed conflict. Kenneth Payne is the author of…

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Episode 8 - Can humans exercise meaningful control over lethal autonomous weapons? 29:17

3+ y ago29:17

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Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dr. Ingvild Bode, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern Denmark, where she leads an ERC research project on autonomous weapons systems and international norms (AUTONORMS). In this episode, she talks about what meaningful human control means and how lessons learned from existi…

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Episode 7 - How could an international treaty regulate autonomous weapons? 29:21

3+ y ago29:21

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Paola Gaeta and Alessandra Spadaro interview Richard Moyes, Managing Director of Article 36, a non-profit organization focused on reducing harm from weapons and actively working, among other things, for the adoption of new legal standards on emerging technologies. In this episode, he talks about the prospects for the adoption of a new treaty regula…

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Episode 6 - Who is responsible for lethal autonomous weapons? 31:20

3+ y ago31:20

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Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dustin Lewis, Research Director of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, where he leads research on contemporary challenges concerning armed conflict, including algorithmic warfare. In this episode, he tackles the issue of who bears responsibility for the violations of the laws of…

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Episode 5 - Can lethal autonomous weapons used by police respect human rights? 33:45

3+ y ago33:45

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Paola Gaeta and Alessandra Spadaro interview Dr. Andrea Spagnolo, Assistant Professor at the University of Turin and a member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. His research spans several areas of international law, including international human rights law and new technologies. In this episode, he discusses the use of autonomous we…

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Episode 4 - Are lethal autonomous weapons ethical? 31:18

3+ y ago31:18

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Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dr. Ozlem Ulgen, Reader in International Law and Ethics at the Birmingham City School of Law. Ozlem Ulgen is an expert on moral and legal philosophy in relation to the regulation of artificial intelligence and robotics. In this episode, she talks about the ethical challenges posed by the use of autonomous weapons …

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Episode 3 - Are lethal autonomous weapons compatible with the law of war? 32:06

3+ y ago32:06

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Paola Gaeta and Alessandra Spadaro interview Professor Marco Sassòli, Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva. Marco Sassòli is a renowned expert on international humanitarian law. In this episode, he discusses the rules of international humanitarian law that constrain the development of autonomous weapons and their use on the ba…

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Episode 2 - What does autonomy mean in the context of lethal autonomous weapons? 25:29

4y ago25:29

25:29

Paola Gaeta and Abhimanyu George Jain interview Dr. Tim McFarland, Research Fellow at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Tim McFarland’s research focuses on legal challenges connected with the defence and security applications of science and technology. In this episode, he explains what the concept of autonomy means in the conte…

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Episode 1 - What are lethal autonomous weapons? 26:42

4y ago26:42

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Paola Gaeta and Abhimanyu George Jain interview Maaike Verbruggen, Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for European Studies. Maaike Verbruggen is an expert on military innovation, emerging military technologies and artificial intelligence. In this introductory episode, she explains what lethal autonomous weapons are, what kind of autonomous weapon…

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Episode 0 - Who are we? Hosted by Asymmetrical Haircuts 20:24

4y ago20:24

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The Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems & War Crimes project team appear on a special episode of Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg’s podcast Asymmetrical Haircuts, to discuss and introduce our new podcast – Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 Things We Want to Know.By Graduate Institute, Geneva

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International Law Department Graduate Institute Geneva Podcasts

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Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 things we want to know

International Law department - Graduate Institute Geneva

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Episode 10 - Will Military Swarms Be the Next Weapon of Mass Destruction? 34:22

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Episode 9 - How Will Lethal Autonomous Weapons Change the Future of Armed Conflict? 33:55

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Episode 8 - Can humans exercise meaningful control over lethal autonomous weapons? 29:17

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Episode 7 - How could an international treaty regulate autonomous weapons? 29:21

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Episode 6 - Who is responsible for lethal autonomous weapons? 31:20

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Episode 5 - Can lethal autonomous weapons used by police respect human rights? 33:45

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Episode 4 - Are lethal autonomous weapons ethical? 31:18

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Episode 3 - Are lethal autonomous weapons compatible with the law of war? 32:06

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Episode 2 - What does autonomy mean in the context of lethal autonomous weapons? 25:29

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Episode 1 - What are lethal autonomous weapons? 26:42

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Episode 0 - Who are we? Hosted by Asymmetrical Haircuts 20:24