GC REAIM Expert
Park, Mun-eon became a Judge Advocate in March 2001. He graduated from Kyungpook University in February 1999 (Bachelor), Indiana School of Law (Bloomington) in June 2011 (LL.M.) and became a member of the New York Bar Association in July 2013. He received his Ph.D. in International Law from Seoul National University in February 2019 (The Permissibility and Regulation of Autonomous Weapon Systems in International Law). He retired in March 2020 as Colonel. He works for the Korean Institution for Defense Analyses now. He wrote several papers regarding international law issues like “Legal Character of United Nations Command and Combined Forces Command”, “Issues of Wartime Operational Control Authority”, “Autonomous Weapon Systems and Principle of Proportionality”, “International Discussion on the AWS and Direction of the Korean Military’s Preparation”, and “Analysis of IHL, Domestic Regulations, and Overseas Cases related to the Legal Review of Weapons”. He gave many lectures on AWS to college students, diplomats, and senior officers. Furthermore, he is one of the co-authors of Artificial Intelligence Law. His main interests cover law of armed conflict (IHL), arms control, international criminal law, human rights law, United Nations, and Autonomous Weapon Systems.
