@article{171,
  author = {Lena Riecke},
  title = {Unmasking the Term 'Dual Use' in EU Spyware Export Control },
  abstract = {this article illustrates how the term 'dual use' roots in a distinction between ‘peaceful’ and ‘non-peaceful’, or ‘civil’ and ‘military’ uses, and has gradually become associated with a broader dichotomy between ‘legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’ purposes. Historically, this duality served not only to articulate the risks posed by certain technologies and indicate the rationale for their export control but also to justify their trade. },
  year = {2023},
  journal = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  month = {2023-08-01},
  issn = {0938-5428},
  url = {https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/34/3/697/7274984},
  doi = {10.1093/ejil/chad039},
  note = {Yet recourse by EU actors to dual use tilts the EU discourse on spyware export control towards state-centric security considerations and commercial interests over human rights. Unmasking how the term transposes a conceptually flawed, deceptive and empty duality to the spyware context, this article shows that the very concept of dual use may undermine human rights safeguards in spyware export control.},
}