Criminal Law against offences committed by a robot and its programmers: An overview

Khudhair, Nibras Salim

doi:10.37651/aujlps.2024.153381.1348

	Criminal Law against offences committed by a robot and its programmers: An overview
Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences
Article 13, Volume 15, Issue: 1 part 1, March 2025, Pages 361-384 PDF (907.15 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2024.153381.1348
Author
Nibras Salim Khudhair^*
Law Department- Al Kunooze University College Basra, Iraq
Abstract
A robot is a human creation and without human intervention, there would have been no elevation of the concept of robots. Since law enforcement does not specifically provide the liability of the robots there are different schools of thought. Criminal law defines that “acts” are construed as offenses and the intention behind committing such acts. But, coming to Robots, there is no mind but the program designed by a human using his skills and foreseeing its actions and consequences. As the name suggests Robotics are creations of Artificial intelligence made only with the aim to substitute human mistrial work however it has gradually evolved from automatic cooking to self-driving cars. When the robotic veil is lifted there is a programmer behind every Robot who is in control of its actions. Applying the theory and principal here, a responsibility can be understand on behalf of the principal basing on his instructions, and the actions of them are ratified by the principal. Applying the same tortious rule in criminal law, A robot have responsibility of its programmer, but the liability of the programmer differs from state to state and circumstance to circumstance. Criminal Liability of robot is still hypothetical.
Keywords
Robot; Human; Liability; Criminal Law; Artificial Intelligence

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