Droning on : some international humanitarian law aspects of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in contemporary armed conflicts / David Turns
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Title:
Droning on : some international humanitarian law aspects of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in contemporary armed conflicts
Author zone:
David Turns
In:
Contemporary challenges to the laws of war : essays in honour of professor Peter Rowe
Editor:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Physical description:
p. 191-215
Languages:
English
Abstract:
This chapter considers the legality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their use in armed conflict from the standpoint of current international humanitarian law (IHL), both in general (legality per se) and specific (legality of use) terms, in light of the many criticisms that have been levelled at these systems. The analysis focuses initially on whether UAVs comply with the regulation of weaponry in IHL generally, before concentrating particularly on the use of UAVs for kinetic application of (potentially) lethal force. The latter entails consideration of their compliance with the law of targeting operations, as well as the question of the legal status of their operators and the consequences of that status, Finally, the question of legal responsiblitiy for the use of drones in armed conflicts is addressed. The chapter concludes that no new regulatory legal framework is necessary for drones, but that while theyre not inherently unlawful under IHL, their actual use in armed conflict must be compliant with that body of law
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