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Comment by Edmarverson A. dos Santos

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Author of a 2026 policy brief on international-law rules, treaty design, and human control for autonomous weapons.
A total prohibition on all autonomous weapons would likely fail to distinguish between high-risk anti-personnel systems and narrowly bounded defensive systems used against incoming missiles or munitions.
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Edmarverson A. dos Santos, “A Treaty for Autonomous Weapons: What Should Be Prohibited and What Human Control Should Require,” Diplomacy & Law, July 15, 2026.
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