Sex and drone strikes : gender and identity in targeting and casualty analysis /
Acheson, Ray
Sex and drone strikes : gender and identity in targeting and casualty analysis / [electronic resource] [written by Ray Achelson, Richard Moyes and Thomas Nash] - London : Article 36 - 14 p.
SIP1501 Report published October 2014 by Article 36
and Reaching Critical Will. This paper addresses concerns that the sex of individuals is being used as a signifier to designate people as militants in drone strike targeting decisions and post-strike analysis of casualties.
Lack of transparency around armed drone operations makes it difficult to know what standards are used to determine how individuals come to constitute a legal target in the eyes of armed drone users. However, there are some indications that the United States uses maleness as a signifier of militancy.
women--UAVs--casualties
Sex and drone strikes : gender and identity in targeting and casualty analysis / [electronic resource] [written by Ray Achelson, Richard Moyes and Thomas Nash] - London : Article 36 - 14 p.
SIP1501 Report published October 2014 by Article 36
and Reaching Critical Will. This paper addresses concerns that the sex of individuals is being used as a signifier to designate people as militants in drone strike targeting decisions and post-strike analysis of casualties.
Lack of transparency around armed drone operations makes it difficult to know what standards are used to determine how individuals come to constitute a legal target in the eyes of armed drone users. However, there are some indications that the United States uses maleness as a signifier of militancy.
women--UAVs--casualties