"This study was prepared on the recommendation of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. It examines the characteristics of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), how international law applies to the use of armed UAVs to conduct targeted strikes outside areas of active hostilities, and ideas for improving transparency, oversight and accountability in the development, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer and use of armed UAVs." -- UNODA website.
Foreword. -- Summary. -- Introduction. -- Distinctions between civilian and military unmanned aerial vehicles. -- International law applicable to the use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles outside areas of "traditional battlefields". -- Distinctions between civilian and military unmanned aerial vehicles. -- International law applicable to the use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles outside areas of "tradtional battlefields". -- Implications of unmanned aerial vehicles and related emerging technologies. -- Transparency, oversight and accountability for the use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles outside areas of active hostilities.

xi, 61 p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Available also online (viewed 19 Jul 2016).