From Meaningful Human Control to Appropriate Human Judgement: Tracking the Normative Erosion of Human Oversight in the UN LAWS Debate (2017–2025)

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Giacomo Cavalcabò
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18863981
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Abstract

This paper tracks the terminological shift from 'meaningful human control' (MHC) to 'appropriate human judgement and control' in the CCW/GGE rolling text (2017–2025), using corpus analysis of UNODA and RCW documents. It argues that the new formulation is formally compatible with fully autonomous targeting systems, producing a structural accountability gap under IHL.

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International Law and Human Rights Digitalization Law and Regulation Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
5 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint