TY - BOOK AU - Acheson, Ray AU - Moyes, Richard AU - Nash, Thomas ED - Article 36 ED - Reaching Critical Will TI - Sex and drone strikes: gender and identity in targeting and casualty analysis CY - London PB - Article 36 KW - women KW - UAVs KW - casualties N1 - 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 UR - http://www.article36.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sex-and-drone-strikes.pdf ER -