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Karl Zemanek
Modern methods in warfare make it difficult to attribute reponsibility for war crimes. The paper examines that in three instances: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARs), and Computer Network Attacks (CNAs). With PMSCs the crucial question is wheter the hiring contract proves a sufficient link to engage the hiring state's responsibility for the company's misconduct. Since LARs are not operated by a human, the options for assigning individual criminal responsibility are doubtful. CNAs suffer from the as yet unsure technical means to definitely establishing their source. Although autonomous CNAs targeting a civilian object are likely war crimes, the technical impossibility of establishing the source prevents the verification of either state or individual responsibility.
