Treaty mechanisms for risks created by private technology firms for low-income communities
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Brazil, South America
WS05203
Some companies may control capabilities with effects comparable to national infrastructure. International law needs mechanisms that assign duties to firms without allowing states to evade responsibility. The solution must work with limited capital, intermittent services, and local maintenance capacity. The research opportunity is to define measurable success criteria, test the approach in realistic settings, identify failure modes, and create a pathway from prototype to accountable deployment.