Book contents
- New War Technologies and International Law
- New War Technologies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prolegomenon
- 1 International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
- 2 The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
- 3 International Treaty Law
- 4 International Customary Law and Principles
- 5 International Environmental Law and Principles
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- New War Technologies and International Law
- New War Technologies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prolegomenon
- 1 International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War
- 2 The Three Technologies Using Nanomaterials
- 3 International Treaty Law
- 4 International Customary Law and Principles
- 5 International Environmental Law and Principles
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- 7 Conclusion and Recommendations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The desire for humanity and the desire for security have co-existed as long as humans have been alive. Often these desires are in conflict. In 2013, ‘Skull 5’, a 1.8 million-year-old hominid, was found in Georgia on the Armenian border.1 Skull 5 ‘was ill, his jaw was worn away from infections, and he had lost all but one tooth. No longer able to provide for himself, someone must have fed him and kept him safe from harm’.2 Skull 5’s level of nurturing by his clan ensured that he received food and care when he was unable to do so himself – evidence of a sense of humanity 1.8 million years ago.
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- New War Technologies and International LawThe Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022