As part of our effort to investigate how countries consider and use armed drones, we have added our analysis of Finland to our growing depository. The page is now available and accesible via our countries map. ...
A short overview of the news this week, including messages from us, Reprieve and DroneWars UK. ...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones (APPG) has released its findings after a two year-long inquiry into the issues of the UK's drone program. Together, these issues not only put innocent civilians harms way, but also open up pathways which may lead to the prosecution of UK personnel for violation of international law. ...
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. ...
Despite the long-term and wide-spread recognition of problems with the legality of drone strikes, states using them continue to claim they are legal whatever other opinions may suggest. This research article, written by Alex Holder, Elizabeth Minor, and Michael Mair, explores the legal reasoning done by military personnel to justify drone strikes....
EFAD Member DroneWars UK has investigated the ways in which the UK Ministry of Defence reports the drone strikes it carries out, and found that the provided information is severely lacking....
A short overview of the news last week, including news from the European Parliament, Belgium, The Netherlands, and the UK. ...
The European Parliament passed a recommendation on armed drones to the European Council, on the occasion of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. The recommendation particularly emphasizes the need for armed drones to be used in accordance with international law, and it asks the Council to starts pursuing this in international fora....