Drone Attacks and the Principle of Proportionality in the Law of Armed Conflict

Year 2021, Issue: 70, 119 - 145, 31.12.2021

Yunus Emre Gül

https://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2021.70.0005

Abstract

Technology has developed significantly in the past few decades; obligations on belligerent parties, however, have not changed. One of these obligations is to respect the principle of proportionality while conducting attacks against lawful targets. For this reason, whilst military advantage can be gained through drone attacks, those attacks must not result in excessive harm inflicted upon civilian lives and properties. Also, belligerent parties should take all feasible precautions in order to minimize collateral damage and always take Human Rights Law into consideration even if the particular drone attack is lawful according to the Law of Armed Conflict.

Keywords

Law of Armed Conflict, principle of proportionality, drone attacks, excessive, collateral damage

Siha Saldırıları ve Silahlı Çatışma Hukukunda Orantılılık İlkesi

Abstract

Teknoloji, son birkaç on yılda önemli ölçüde gelişti, ancak savaşan tarafların yükümlülükleri değişmedi. Bu yükümlülüklerden biri de meşru hedeflere yönelik saldırılar düzenlerken orantılılık ilkesine riayet etmektir. Bu nedenle her ne kadar askeri avantajın SİHA saldırıları ile kazanılması mümkün olsa da bu saldırılar sonucu sivillerin canlarına ve mallarına yönelik aşırı zararlara yol açılmamalıdır. Ayrıca savaşan taraflar, tali zararı en aza indirebilmek için mümkün olan bütün önlemleri almalı ve belirli bir SİHA saldırısı her ne kadar Silahlı Çatışma Hukuku’na uygun olsa da İnsan Hakları Hukuku’nu da her zaman dikkate almalıdırlar.

Keywords

Silahlı Çatışma Hukuku, orantılılık ilkesi, SİHA saldırıları, aşırı, tali hasar

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