A comprehensive legal analysis of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
Uruknet.com, Dec 14, 2009
By Max Kantar
ABSTRACT. This report utilizes well-established principles of both treaty and customary international law as a measuring stick for attempting to determine the legal and moral legitimacy of the covert U.S. policy of using drones to attack targets in Pakistan. This analysis is unique in that it uses both broad assessments as well as pertinent individual case studies with the purpose of chronicling the details of several drone attacks over a period of 45 months in the interest of legal evaluation. Drawing from a vast collection of reliable press reports, independent human rights testimonies, and the most prominent, mainstream studies, this report is quite possibly the most comprehensive analysis on the topic to date and likely the first of its kind to appear in the wake of the US-Pakistan drone controversy.
Tags: al-Qaeda targets, casualties, drone attacks, international law, Pakistan, The Geneva Conventions, U.S. drone policy in Pakistan, violation of international law
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International Law: The First Casualty of the U.S. Drone War in Pakistan
A comprehensive legal analysis of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
Uruknet.com, Dec 14, 2009
By Max Kantar
ABSTRACT. This report utilizes well-established principles of both treaty and customary international law as a measuring stick for attempting to determine the legal and moral legitimacy of the covert U.S. policy of using drones to attack targets in Pakistan. This analysis is unique in that it uses both broad assessments as well as pertinent individual case studies with the purpose of chronicling the details of several drone attacks over a period of 45 months in the interest of legal evaluation. Drawing from a vast collection of reliable press reports, independent human rights testimonies, and the most prominent, mainstream studies, this report is quite possibly the most comprehensive analysis on the topic to date and likely the first of its kind to appear in the wake of the US-Pakistan drone controversy.
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Tags: al-Qaeda targets, casualties, drone attacks, international law, Pakistan, The Geneva Conventions, U.S. drone policy in Pakistan, violation of international law
This entry was posted on December 15, 2009 at 10:11 am and is filed under Commentary, crime, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Uncategorized, US policy, USA, war. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.