Section IV: Polish Report on International Criminal Law & Autonomous Weapon Systems – Opatija AIDP Colloquium

Last week at the International Colloquium of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) in Opatija, Croatia, Hanna Kuczyńska, Karolina Kremens, and Kaja Kowalczewska—presented Section IV of the Polish report on “International Perspectives on AI: Challenges for Judicial Cooperation and International Humanitarian/Criminal Law.”

The colloquium concluded with the adoption of crucial resolutions. Key points include:

• the imperative of human supervision in the development and use of Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS),
• the necessity for robust penal laws governing AWS usage and responsibility
• the call for cooperative efforts between policymakers, academics, and military/law enforcement personnel involved in AWS development.

Preceding the colloquium, at the international conference “Prosecution of Crimes in Ukraine and Automated Weapons under the Law of War”. Karolina Kremens shared insights on “Digital evidence in investigating and prosecuting international crimes in Ukraine”, while Kaja Kowalczewska delved into the topic of “Why military robots should not look like humans”.

Huge thanks to the organizers, especially the Croatian group of AIDP, for making this event a success! The wrap-up of a 5-year-long cycle of research on AI will be finalized at the AIDP Congress in Paris in June 2024. New topics for future work will be selected, alongside the election of new members for the governing bodies.