Jus ad bellum: Crossing borders to wage war against individuals

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Drone strikes have become an everyday reality in the war on terror. Hailed by supporters as an effective and targeted tool, drones require us to rethink questions of legitimate warfare. Legal analysis is part of that inquiry; and one would hope a relevant part. As the debate of the last decade suggests, drone strikes do not neatly fit established patterns of legal argument. In a report issued in 2010, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions at the time, Professor Philip Alston, indicated that targeted killing by drones had led to a “highly problematic blurring … of the boundaries of the applicable legal frameworks” the result of which “has been the displacement of clear legal standards with a vaguely defined licence to kill.”
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLegitimacy and Drones : Investigating the Legality, Morality and Efficacy of UCAVs
EditorsSteven J. Barela
Number of pages24
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
Publication date09.03.2016
Pages25-48
ISBN (print)9781472446879, 9781138086937
ISBN (electronic)9781315592152
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Publication statusPublished - 09.03.2016
Externally publishedYes

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