ORDERING HUMAN–OTHER RELATIONSHIPS: International Humanitarian Law and Ecologies of Armed Conflicts in the Anthropocene

Matilda Arvidsson, Britta Sjöstedt

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the international humanitarian legal ordering of human and other relationships during armed conflict and disaster by looking at two examples, namely the ‘natural’ environment and human-scientific constructed AI-powered swarms of drones. Drawing on these examples, as well as post-anthropocentric and posthuman legal scholarship, the authors argue that International Humanitarian Law (IHL) has some potential in developing in a post-anthropocentric direction, specifically in reorienting its focus from armed conflicts to violent outbursts by making use of the Deleuze-Guattarian notion of ‘war-machines’. The authors argue that this will enable IHL to offer a better protection on a less anthropocentric and more inclusive and equal basis in a shared posthuman ecology. The chapter offers an overview of current legal regulations as well as a theoretical and practice-oriented outline for the development of IHL.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of International Law and Anthropocentrism
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Pages122-142
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9781000892222
ISBN (Print)9780367858223
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Jan 1

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Law and Society

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