European involvement in clandestine United States drone strikes is continued to be questioned at court. This month, two appeals will be made to the Higher Administrative Court in Münster, Germany. On Wednesday the 13th of March, the court will hold a hearing on the case brought forward by a Somali man, whose father was killed in a US drone strike...
Interview with EFAD member ECCHR on their work with armed drones. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) is an independent, non-profit legal and educational organization, that since 2007 attempts to counter global injustice with juridical means. ...
In the morning of the 24st of October 2018, EFAD members PAX and Stimson Center co-hosted a well-attended side event at the UN First Committee together with UNIDIR and the German and Dutch UN Disarmament ambassadors, to discuss the expanding use and proliferation of armed drones....
In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. September 2018 saw more publications on the future of drones and how they relate to autonomous weapons, as well as news on both American and European drones. ...
In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. August 2018 saw drones used in an assasination attempt on Venezuelan President Maduro, more sales of military drones, and more debate on the ethical and security implicaitons of their use. ...
Drones continue to proliferate across the globe, and the African continent is no exception. The advantages drones offer for agricultural, medical, or humanitarian purposes have been well discussed. However, the military use of drones is promising to take off as an increasing number of states and actors in Africa acquire (armed) UAVs. This is particularly exemplified by the undergoing construction...
In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. July 2018 saw increased proliferation as the US sold drones across the world, a theft of drone-documents which were sold on the darkweb, and more concerns raised over drone strikes and the algorithms behind them....
In our monthly press review, we translate, analyze and summarize news from various European publications on the issues of drones. June 2018 saw push-back against the proliferation of drones, drones crashing, and Google ending it's drone program, but also more efforts to acquire and produce drones. ...