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1 - International Law and the Use of Nanomaterials in War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2022

Kobi Leins
Affiliation:
King's College London
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The desire for humanity and the desire for security have co-existed as long as humans have been alive. Often these desires are in conflict. In 2013, ‘Skull 5’, a 1.8 million-year-old hominid, was found in Georgia on the Armenian border.1 Skull 5 ‘was ill, his jaw was worn away from infections, and he had lost all but one tooth. No longer able to provide for himself, someone must have fed him and kept him safe from harm’.2 Skull 5’s level of nurturing by his clan ensured that he received food and care when he was unable to do so himself – evidence of a sense of humanity 1.8 million years ago.

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New War Technologies and International Law
The Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials
, pp. 1 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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