Değişen Nesne Kavramı ve Silahlı Çatışma Hukukunda Verilerin Hedef Alınması

Öz

Nesne kavramı, küçük adımlar atılarak değişmektedir. Her ne kadar Silahlı Çatışma Hukuku kapsamında ‘veri’nin nesne olup olmadığı üzerinde bir belirsizlik olsa da bunun niteliği farklı perspektiflerden bu makalede tartışılacaktır. Olan hukuku (lex lata) temel alan bakış açısı lafzi yorum metodunun etkisiyle ‘veri’yi nesne olarak kabul etmezken olması gereken hukuku (lex ferenda) temel alan bakış açısı farklı bir şekilde yaklaşmakta ve teleolojik yorum metodunu dikkate alarak ‘veri’yi nesne olarak kabul etmektedir. Son bir bakış açısı olarak, devletler ve uluslararası kuruluşlar tarafından hazırlanan resmî belgelerden örnekler verilerek, devlet uygulamasının ikinci yaklaşıma doğru ilerlediği gösterilecektir. Bu noktada, bu makalede verinin nesne olduğu değil, nesne olarak kabul edilmeye doğru evrildiği ispatlanacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Veri
• nesne kavramı
• Silahlı Çatışma Hukuku
• devlet uygulaması

Changing Notion of Object and Targeting Data Under the Law of Armed Conflict

Öz

The notion of an object is changing by being taken small steps. Although, there is an ambiguity whether ‘data’ is an object or not under the law of armed conflict, the qualification of it will be discussed from different perspectives in this article. While the lex lata position does not accept data as an object by the impact of textual interpretation, the lex ferenda position approaches differently and regards data as an ‘object’ by taking teleological interpretation into consideration. As a last point of view, it will be demonstrated that state practice seems to progress towards the latter approach by giving examples from official documents prepared by states and international organisations. At this point, it will be demonstrated in this article that data is not an object, but it evolves towards being accepted as an object.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Data
• the notion of object
• Law of Armed Conflict
• state practice

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