>> Hence, if an attack unexpectedly produces excessive civilian casualties, this cannot be held against those who planned it in good faith on the basis of the information available at the time of action. /FontBBox [19 -114 968 822] 492 0 obj /ToUnicode 471 0 R While a person directly participating in hostilities more than once may still regain his civilian status during an interlude, this cannot be brought off when the hostile activities take place on a steadily recurrent basis with brief pauses (the so-called revolving door phenomenon).62 Those attempting to be farmers by day and fighters by night lose protection from attack even in the intermediate time-frames punctuating military operations. Whereas the enumeration of specific acts coming under the heading of direct participation in hostilities is far from settled, there is no doubt that engaging in any form in a CNA qualifies as such (provided that this is a real case of a CNA and not merely hacking; see Section 3, third paragraph). 8 See Y Dinstein, The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict (2nd edn, CUP 2010) 33. 22 of the Hague Regulations, that the right of belligerents to adopt means of injuring the enemy is not unlimited.. On the latter, see Y Dinstein, War, Aggression and Self-Defence (5th edn, CUP 2011) 193ff. /FontName /KOGKLP+AdvTT716680a6+95 45 See A Roberts, Air Power, Accuracy, and the Law of Targeting: Why No Brave New World? (2006) 80 Intl Law Studies 133, 142. 29 Of course, if technological malfunctions occur in a significant percentage of cases and result in substantial civilian casualties, certain conclusions must be drawn: WJ Fenrick, The Law Applicable to Targeting and Proportionality after Operation Allied Force: A View from the Outside (2000) 3 Ybk IHL 53, 77. /Ascent 0 65 See Schmitt (n 54) 120; Turns (n 58) s 3. HACKING INTO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: THE PRINCIPLES OF DISTINCTION AND NEUTRALITY IN THE AGE OF CYBER WARFARE Jeffrey T.G. The emphasis in the last sentence of the extract from the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice is on the standing of weapons. v&FF;|j~!mYbi` H And nowhere is this subjectivity more evident than in the practical application of the principle of proportionality. KEG4Ox|W8_TbF{K|: International humanitarian law, jus in bello, regulates the conduct of forces when engaged in war or armed conflict. endstream 115 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<99059A04B66C854B9B2379826CA1D8B4><99059A04B66C854B9B2379826CA1D8B4>]/Index[95 39]/Info 94 0 R/Length 101/Prev 429045/Root 96 0 R/Size 134/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream From a definitional perspective, it is immaterial whether the violence is directed against enemy combatants/military objectives or against enemy civilians/civilian objects (or both categories). the principle of distinction seeks to spare civilians from harm (a building, a bridge or an electricity station, for example). The application of Article 8(2)(b)(iv) requires, inter alia, an assessment of: Not all states have ratified Protocol I or the Rome Statute, but it is an accepted principle of international humanitarian law that the direct targeting of civilians is a breach of the customary laws of war and is binding on all belligerents. cornerstones of international humanitarian law. For my part, I believe thatby directly participating in hostilitiesa civilian is assimilated to a combatant; indeed, more often than not, an unlawful combatant (a matter acquiring practical import only upon capture).60. Likewise, civilian objects are often intermingled with military objectives. Proportionality in attacks: an indefinite via media between humanity and military necessity. /Flags 4 /FontName /KOGKMB+AdvTT716680a6+78 A useful definition appears in Article 3(4) of Protocol II, annexed to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW): Feasible precautions are those precautions which are practicable or practically possible taking into account all circumstances ruling at the time, including humanitarian and military considerations.50, This text confirms a number of formal declarations made by Contracting Parties at the time of ratification of AP/I.51 Feasible precautions may affect the timing of the attack; the choice of ordnance opted for; and the preference of specific tactics.52, In order to achieve the goal of sparing civilians/civilian objects from the effects of attacks, Article 57(3) of AP/I stipulates thatif a choice is possible between several military objectives for obtaining a similar military advantagethe one expected to cause the least incidental civilian losses and damage should be selected.53 Like the modern introduction into the battlefield of PGM and drones (Section 9), the advent of CNAs opens opportunities for achieving similar military goals while minimizing collateral damage. endobj The 2022 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy shows the drastic, 29 October 2022 Women are gaining an increasingly important role in mediation and, 2 November 2022 The EU is ready to send a monitoring mission, the first international, 24 October 2022 The UNs thematic discussion on conventional weapons included devastating, info@losservatorio.org - + 39 06 5912429 - + 39 06 5923141/2, Reverberating effects of war as part of the proportionality equation, Proportionality in attacks: an indefinite, According to IHL, combatants must direct their operations, against military objectives. This is the famous principle of distinction, which lies at the root of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), ie the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC). hmo6 499Additional Protocol I, supra note 5 at Article 50. International humanitarian law and the Rome Statute permit belligerents to carry out proportionate attacks against military objectives,[3] even when it is known that some civilian deaths or injuries will occur. /CharSet (/uni9898/uni98DE) The first is aimed at the protection of the civilian population and civilian objects and establishes the distinction between combatants and non-combatants; States must never make civilians the object of attack and must consequently never use weapons that are incapable of distinguishing between civilian and military targets.1. 474 0 obj The basic principle of distinction According to an uncontroversial principle of customary international Firstly, commanders knowledge of facts on the ground at the time of the attack are rarely made public. These commitments detail the obligation of the relevant armed group to abide by international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, or particular rules set out in the commitment.. protection also apply to them.. not all civilian deaths or injuries during armed conflict amount to a violation of IHL: the. The violation of a number of provisions under international law - usually those that are categorised as jus cogens rules - gives rise to erga omnes obligations. In all, even in international armed conflicts (IACs)let alone in non-IACsnumerous questions pertaining to the application of the principle of distinction remain largely unresolved (eg with regard to the precise definition of direct participation in hostilities or to the consequences of using human shields). 14 See HPCR, Commentary on HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare (HPCR 2010) Rule 1(e). 18 See F Kalshoven and L Zegveld, Constraints on the Waging of War (4th edn, CUP 2011) 107. 40Prosecutor v Gali (Judgment) ICTY-98-29 (5 December 2003) 43 ILM 794, 808. straightforward, in practice it is highly debated. actively/directly in hostilities.501 Consequently, civilian protection is not absolute. /ToUnicode 497 0 R endobj On, ratification, many states issued declarations or statements of understanding regarding the In wartime, there are inevitable scarcities of foodstuffs and other essentials. contexts in which AP II refers to civilians (Articles 13, 14, 17 of AP II) and the civilian population (title Part IV /Differences [1 /uni7814] 95 0 obj <> endobj As tools for protection, they should be considered as complementary and must be applied comprehensively. /Widths [1000 0 1000] In contrast, qua civilian, he is exempt from attack before and after that period. Erga omnes is a Latin concept that translates as "towards all". In spite of potential, difficulties associated with distinction in NIAC, the principle is still applicable to such. If a CNA is launched to gain control over the computer of, eg, a civilian airliner (or that of an air traffic control tower that guides it)with a view to causing the plane to crash with all civilian passengers on boardthis would constitute a direct attack against civilians/civilian objects in breach of the principle of distinction. combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives A Computer Network Attack (CNA) qualifies as an attackpursuant to LOACon condition that it engenders violence. Moreover, buses and trains may not run on time; curfews and blackouts may impinge on the quality of life; etc. UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW By Marco Sassli1 I. << Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian Humanitarian Law (Geneva: ICRC, 2009) at 28. stream Recourse to PGM does not by itself solve the fundamental problem of reading the situation on the ground correctly.46 Since targeting is predicated on the intelligence gathered, there is a constant danger of wrong information guiding the PGM to precisely the wrong target.47 A modern device that facilitates considerably the collation of information in real time is the drone or unmanned military vehicle (UAV). But general principles can perform other roles. Deliberate Attacks against Civilians/Civilian Objects, Receive exclusive offers and updates from Oxford Academic, Copyright 2022 Oxford University Press. LOAC does not require any proportionality to exist between comparative losses inflicted on the combatants or damage caused to the military objectives of the two opposing Belligerent Parties.35. Starting from concrete given scenarios, the Report contains crucial reflections of the participants and presents some essential recommendations for the future implementation of the proportionality principle. Again, this is particularly of consequence in aerial warfare. 58 See N Melzer, Targeted Killing in International Law (OUP 2008) 334. cf Prosecutor v Akayesu (Judgment) ICTR-96-4 (2 September1998) para 629. themselves, in case of a conflict or occupation, in the hands of a Party to the conflict or 483 0 obj commander at the time of an operation and that, where civilian objects are used for a military 21Prosecutor v Marti (Judgment) ICTY-95-11 (12 June 2007) para 463. >> Feasible precautions must be taken prior to any attack, including a CNA. Safeguarding the principle of distinction does not present insurmountable problems to the well-trained armed forces of civilized nations. /Encoding 499 0 R Pursuant to AP/I Article 49(1) and customary international law, an attack means acts of violence against the adversary, whether in offence or in defence.12 This is a special rendering of the term attack for the purposes of LOAC.13 Contrary to the literal sense of the term attack, the LOAC definition is disconnected from any offensive mode of conduct and embraces a defensive mode. Distinction; The Fundamental Principle of IHL. The military advantage anticipated from an attack must be concrete and direct (Section 7, second paragraph), that is to say, not just speculative. 501 See, e.g., Melzer, supra note 492; Dinstein, supra note 444 at 18891. 30 F Kalshoven, Reflections on the Law of War: Collected Essays (Martinus Nijhof 2007) 109. A large number of military manuals lay down the principle of proportionality in attack. enable an adversary to tell him apart from civilians.487 Whereas combatants in international, armed conflicts are required to wear a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance and to /FirstChar 1 /CapHeight 0 43Prosecutor v Blaki (Judgment) ICTY-95-14 (3 March 2000) para 651. /FontDescriptor 486 0 R The principle of proportionality is couched in language of expectation and anticipation. The legal framework: the principle of distinction. % /LastChar 3 protection of prisoner of war status.499 Further, it created a presumption that, where there is doubt, as to whether a person is a civilian, that person shall be considered to be a civilian.500 It also, included, at Article 48, a Basic Rule regarding civilian protection: carry[] arms openly,488 there is no equivalent provision for NIACs. That scenario occurs when the two fundamental principles of distinction and proportionality are not respected. << /FontBBox [19 -114 968 822] conducted by armed forces, dissident armed forces, and other organized armed groups, Feasible precautions incumbent on the attacker are counterpoised by what are often referred to as passive precautions requiring the defending Belligerent Party, to the maximum extent feasible, to endeavour to remove civilians/civilian objects from the vicinity of military objectives and to avoid locating combatants/military objectives in the midst of the civilian population (AP/I Article 5856). 3a`.8+0kW2j3 For permissions, please e-mail: Peter Lee, Reaper Force: The Inside Story of Britains Drone Wars, International Law and the Securitisation of Peacemaking: On Chapter VII, the Security Council and the Mediation Mandate in Yemen, Learning from Automation in Targeting to Better Regulate Autonomous Weapon Systems: Target Lists, the Electronic Battlefield and Automation in Mines, Regulating a state of exception in Times of War: The Legal Regime Applicable to Derogation in Situations of Armed Conflict, Revisiting the Law on UN Peace Operations Support to Partner Forces, About Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 2. A number of rules of international law reflect jus cogens norms, also referred to as peremptory norms of international law. The Principle of Distinction allows only combatants or military objects to be directly targeted in armed conflicts. endobj 495 Melzer, supra note 492 at 20 fn 11. He published an open letter containing his findings; in a section titled "Allegations concerning War Crimes", he elucidates this use of distinction: Under international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute, the death of civilians during an armed conflict, no matter how grave and regrettable, does not in itself constitute a war crime. It is distinct from jus ad bellum which regulates the conduct of engaging in war 19 On indiscriminate attacks, see Article 51(4)(5) of AP/I (n 3) 736. >> hT;O0w6e,AR"/-#*bw [cAqV2l^rhl9Bs+zmFWs?8 Pp "hWPgm ^#M[xR*wU}CC?&nJ=K|,mbqU/$\YtG~ N2ts International humanitarian law is the branch of international law that seeks to impose limits on the destruction and suffering caused by armed conflict. Dual-use objects are civilian objects that temporarily become military objectives because they are simultaneously used for military purposes and vice versa (a building, a bridge or an electricity station, for example). Only loss of life, injury to human beings and (more than nominal) damage to property count. The principle of state responsibility forms part of international customary law and is binding upon all states. >> After all, some humans must develop and install the necessary algorithms that will enable the AI robot to operate autonomously. Frequently, there is a discrepancy between expectations at the planning stage of an attack and the execution phase. A significant consequence is that it is forbidden to deliberately launch an attack the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population.17 This is the law even if the attacker has every reason to believe that a terror campaign will successfully shatter the morale of the civilian populationso that the enemys determination to persevere in the armed conflict will be erodedand the war will be brought to a rapid conclusion (possibly saving, as a result, countless lives on both sides).18 Still, the interdiction comes into play only when civilians/civilian objects are the target of the attack. /BaseFont /KOGKLM+AdvTT716680a6+7e 47 JD Reynolds, Collateral Damage on the 21st Century Battlefield: Enemy Exploitation of the Law of Armed Conflict, and the Struggle for a Moral High Ground (2005) 56 Air Force L Rev 1, 101. Conventions of 1949: Geneva Convention IV, supra note 5 at Article 4. The precept of distinction constitutes an integral part of modern customary international law.2 It is also reflected in Article 48 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 (AP/I), entitled [b]asic rule: the Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives and accordingly shall direct their operations only against military objectives.3. In the past, there was no conclusive means to establishprior to a projected attackwhat is going on beyond visual range, and especially some distance away. hb```"kVAd`0p4412%6(8OX"8s[:z/-qm`k V93zxb/y d[u5Z,1?\c[Wj9~j0u3M %PDF-1.3 << hbd`ab`ddwvL) 17430H46OIe!#67X+W%oViW*8Teg(DyGz*&e&%1t!6 gzn]WP>];gnI}]fDFMuv]ac*UOdT%K^|=P{.!1)9%wZ},"{TOf_\H1Bo`}du?DWnqs_t?pIM.*tEk6z%-e%Z{a=~5B" >!^A7*y64^IVRw M;wK6yUq '_;/u{R[*]g]XOms@|u;k!g=sMZCr2Xe[PhF1obP W~/f }6jZ Consequently, depending on the circumstances, incidental civilian harm may be either lawful or unlawful. Treaty law, such as the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Conventions; Customary international law: established by state practice and legal intention; General principles of law recognised by civilised nations: seen as an inspiration rather than direct sources of the law, for example the principles of estoppel and equity. A handful of scientists even adhere to the view that an AI robot may prove to be more humane that humans, inasmuch as it would act without being influenced by emotions and without being prone to human errors. The same rationale applies if an individual becomes a member of an organized armed group (which collectively takes a direct part in the hostilities): he would lose civilian protection for as long as that membership lasts. It can only be lawful if these two conditions are fulfilled. 4 See Dissenting Opinion of Judge Higgins, Nuclear Weapons (n 1) 58889. It is generally accepted that unlawful, recent Deed on the protection of health care has not yet been signed by an armed group, Geneva Calls prior success in dealing with other thematic ar- eas, such as the prohibition of, expected to be "excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advan tage anticipated."18I nte ntionally launching an attack in the knowledge that it will cause, The Air Force is proactive in environmental clean up Our goal is simple: no violation offederal standards. 25 Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (opened for signature 12 August 1949, entered into force 21 October 1950) 75 UNTS 287 in Schindler and Toman (n 3) 575, 589. For example, the United Nations Charter is a central instrument of public international law. Subjecting such a target to an airstrike with dumb bombs is liable to entail a breach of the principle of proportionality (given the expectation of excessive collateral damage to civilians/civilian objects). In theory, the object and purpose of the rules governing the conduct of hostilities under IHL is the protection of civilians and civilian objects, by establishing an appropriate balance between two competing principles: military necessity and considerations of humanity. The law of armed conflict is essentially a compromise between two fundamental principles, of humanity and of military necessity. seeks to spare civilians from harm to the greatest extent possible, by requiring those who plan or launch an attack take all feasible precautions to verify that the objectives attacked are neither civilians nor civilian objects. H4X$Aq WfI,{YYEYX>0 36 See I Henderson, The Contemporary Law of Targeting (Martinus Nijhof 2009) 184. 1Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (Advisory Opinion) [1996] ICJ Rep 226, 257. at all times distinguish between the civilian population and For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. Civilians/Civilian Objects versus Combatants/Military Objectives, 4. International Humanitarian Law ^Conflict is by its nature chaotic, and it is incumbent on the participants to reduce that chaos and to respect international humanitarian law.3 IHL is a branch of public international law that regulates the conduct of hostilities (jus in bello) whether on land, in the sea or in the air. 35 See ET Jensen, Unexpected Consequences from Knock-On Effects: A Different Standard for Computer Network Operations? (200203) 18 American University Intl L Rev 1145, 1171. 60 On unlawful combatants, see Dinstein (n 8) 2744. For example, it is often questioned whether endstream There are civilians who accompany the armed forces, either as dependants or as employees (instructors, administrators, cooks, janitors, postmen and so forth). Distinction means to make difference. In practice, the principle of distinction seeks to spare civilians from harm to the greatest extent possible, by requiring those who plan or launch an attack take all feasible precautions to verify that the objectives attacked are neither civilians nor civilian objects. purpose, the objects would lose their protection.502, While all armed conflicts inevitably place civilians in danger, certain tactics of modern armed Conversely, if the pre-attack balancing of expectation versus anticipation had been that the collateral damage would be excessive, the attack (if carried out nevertheless) would be tainted with illegality. )2J International Humanitarian Law is heralded as a protector of civilians in times of armed conflict. That scenario occurs when the two fundamental principles of. 485 0 obj /Type /Font The thrust of the principle is that, notwithstanding the unambiguous characterization (and identification) of a target as consisting of combatants/military objective, an attack must not be pressed home ifand as long asit is expected that the resulting collateral damage to civilians/civilian objects will be excessive compared with the military advantage anticipated. 34 See R Cryer, Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International. endstream /Length 246 << interpreted by the ICRC, supports the premise that the civilian population and individual Additional support can be found in the. Contrarily, the hallmark of civilian status is that civilians/civilian objects are guaranteed protection from deliberate enemy attack. between civilians and fighters, however, it is necessary to understand how civilian is defined in Yet, nobody can seriously contest the validity of the core of the principle of distinction. /Differences [1 /uni7684 3 /uni76D1 /uni76EE] The words for such time, appearing in Article 51(3), confine the exposure to attack by civilians directly participating in hostilities to a finite space of time. 1j2j1 It lays down the principle of Article 22 of the Hague Regulations. 23 See T Marauhn and S Kirchner, Target Area Bombing in Ronzitti and Venturini (n 11) 87, 9799. 32 See A Zimmermann, The Second Lebanon War: Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello and the Issue of Proportionality (2007) 11 Max Planck Ybk UNL 99, 129. /Type /Font But they also refer to additional principles going far beyond the usual humanitarian principles listed by IHL and by the red cross and red crescent Movement. [1][2] Distinction and proportionality are important factors in assessing military necessity in that the harm caused to civilians or civilian property must be proportional and not "excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated" by an attack on a military objective.[3]. A leading illustration is the launching by Iraq of dozens of Scud missiles against military objectives located in or near residential areas in Israel in 1991, notwithstanding the built-in imprecision of the Scuds which made accuracy in acquiring military objectives virtually impossible (and, in actuality, no Israeli military objective was struck). In the Blaki case of 2000, an ICTY Trial Chamber held that the vigorous use of artillery, in order to seize villages inhabited mostly (although not exclusively) by civilians was out of all proportion to military necessity due to the civilian deaths and destruction that was bound to occur.43, As far as a CNA is concerned, ifwhile disrupting some military electronic systems in a minor wayit causes irreparable damage to the civilian infrastructure (eg water management, research centres, banking systems, stock exchanges), this should be adjudged excessive.44. 11 See M Sassli and L Cameron, The Protection of Civilian Objects Current State of the Law and Issues de Lege Ferenda in N Ronzitti and G Venturini (eds), The Law of Air Warfare: Contemporary Issues (Eleven International Publishing 2006) 35, 51. >> When this word come under the The unblinking eye of the drone can supply continuous information instead of limited, sporadic information provided by manned aircraft or even satellite photography.48 A decision can be taken with a reasonable degree of confidence in the accuracy of any forecast as to what is likely to happen. An illustration given by Schmitt is interrupting rail traffic not through kinetic attacks against the tracks and the rolling stock (likely to cause excessive collateral damage to civilians), but by launching a CNA to simply interfere with the computerized switching net.54. hTP1n0 It can only be lawful if these two conditions are fulfilled. provided a new and broader definition of civilian which encompass all persons ineligible for the /LastChar 3 Only CNAs entailing violence do. P O Box 14038 By analogy, this may also be the case with a computer virus (having a violent effects; see Section 3, third paragraph), if it can spread uncontrollably from military systems to connected civilian systems.5. /Subtype /Type1 All of them are subjects of international law and can be considered having legal personality. /Length 361 12 AP/I (n 3) 735. The double definition in LOAC is purely negative: civilians are persons who are not combatants (AP/I Article 50(1))6, and civilian objects are those that are not military objectives (AP/I Article 52(1)).7 It is therefore imperative to take a close look at the corresponding constructs of combatants and military objectives, respectively. /Type /FontDescriptor This means that they have both duties and rights under international law. 481 0 obj All the same, circumstances do not invariably permit the issuance of such warnings: otherwise, surprise attacks would have had to be struck out of the military vocabulary. The main sources of international law are: One of the fundamental principles ofinternational law provides that any state that violates its international obligations must be held accountable for its actions. 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