The Lawful Use of Targeted Killing in Contemporary International Humanitarian Law

MacDonald, Scott

doi:10.15664/jtr.232

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“…IHL, applicable to both international and non-international armed conflict protects civilians against direct attack on condition that they do not participate in hostilities. 142 Civilians are thus lawfully subject to attack if they 'take a direct part in hostilities'. 143 International law governing both international and noninternational armed conflict protects civilians 'unless and for such time as they take a direct part in hostilities.'…”

Section: The Principle Of Distinctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Utility of Lawfare: Orde F Kittrie’s Study of How International Law Can be Weaponised

2020

Law Journal

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Lawfare is a term that is truly base, common and popular. From a commercial catchword used by travel agencies to sell cheap airfares to lawyers, to a deprecatory word for the ‘individualistic and accusatorial aspects of law in Western societies,’ to the descriptor of joining transnational organisations in order to subvert the interpretations of law, to delegitimising strategies of weak actors in international forums who turn the law against the just and powerful actors, lawfare has multiple meanings depending on the context of its use. Yet for all its ordinary, contradictory and evolving usage, lawfare is amenable to principled definition, practical elaboration and strategic utilisation for national security.

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Section: The Principle Of Distinctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Utility of Lawfare: Orde F Kittrie’s Study of How International Law Can be Weaponised

2020

Law Journal

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“…59 Modern conflicts, such as the 'War on Terror' or the 'war on poaching', between states and non-state actors have resulted in new military tactics, such as targeted killing. 60 The war on poaching has been presented by conservationists from the international community as a just war and a serious threat to peace and security in terms of Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. 61 The narratives and discourse of wildlife crime have become increasingly belligerent on the international policy stage.…”

Section: Target Killing Under International Lawmentioning

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Live by the gun, die by the gun: An Analysis of Botswana’s ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy as an anti-poaching strategy

Mogomotsi

Madigele²

2017

SA crime q.

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Notwithstanding the adoption of various anti-poaching strategies, rhino and elephant poaching levels are increasingly growing in Southern African. To protect wildlife, the government of Botswana has devised and implemented controversial ‘shoot to kill’ policy against poachers. This strategy appears to be working in reducing poaching which is thought to be ‘virtually non-existent’ in Botswana. Thus the neighbouring countries have resorted to relocate their rhino populations to Botswana. This paper discusses the militarisation of conservation generally as a policy alternative. It makes an in-depth assessment of Botswana’s shoot-to-kill policy. This article adopts an exploratory research method to review the relevant literature in investigating the effectiveness of Botswana’s shoot-to-kill policy. It investigates whether this policy can be adopted by other countries particularly South Africa to combat poaching. This policy analysis is important for South Africa as it has been forced to transfer or migrate a substantial number of rhinos to Botswana.

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Second thoughts about who is first: the medical triage of violent perpetrators and their victims

Gold¹,

Strous

2016

J Med Ethics

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The Lawful Use of Targeted Killing in Contemporary International Humanitarian Law

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Strategic Utility of Lawfare: Orde F Kittrie’s Study of How International Law Can be Weaponised

Strategic Utility of Lawfare: Orde F Kittrie’s Study of How International Law Can be Weaponised

Live by the gun, die by the gun: An Analysis of Botswana’s ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy as an anti-poaching strategy

Second thoughts about who is first: the medical triage of violent perpetrators and their victims

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