Sentences with phrase «under international humanitarian law»

While their ability to afford near perfect distinction and completely avoid collateral damage is often overstated, drones are certainly not inherently indiscriminate, which is the standard for the impermissibility of a weapon under International Humanitarian Law.

According to the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), 4.7 million Palestinians are living under an occupation of Gaza and the West Bank that is illegal under international humanitarian law.

«Including its obligations under international humanitarian law and UNSCR 2254.»

Not exact matches

If it is not, then it does not fall under the regulative purview of International Humanitarian Law and its permission to kill combatants without due process.

He was held under water until he felt like he was dying, says Joanne Mariner, an expert in humanitarian law for Amnesty International.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Humanitarian Law (IHL): National Implementation Database lists over 170 jurisdictions under «Implementing Laws & Regulations — by State.»

Instead of placing faith in the decisions made by a few military planners within the Pentagon about the feasibility of autonomous weapons, we need an open debate within the Obama administration and within the international community as to whether prohibitions on autonomous offensive weapons are implicit under existing international humanitarian law.

There was acknowledgment that international humanitarian and human rights law applies to all new weapons but views were divided as to whether the weapons would be illegal under existing law or permitted in certain circumstances.