Unblurring the lines: military cyber operations and international law

Mačák, Kubo

doi:10.1080/23738871.2021.2014919

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“…Information security is a complex, dynamic, integral social system, the components of which are the security subsystems of the individual, the state and society. It is an interdependent system information unit of the latter, constituting a qualitative determination aimed at protecting the vital interests of a person, society and the state, ensuring their competitive, progressive development (Mačák, 2021).…”

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Information Security of the State Under Conditions of Hybrid Warfare: Mechanisms of Ensuring

Ablazov

Harkavyi

Mokliak

et al. 2023

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Taking into account the tendencies of democratization and informatization of all sectors of the economy and spheres of public administration, and, accordingly, the increase in information risks, the vast majority of countries in the world today go through a series of stages of ensuring information security. Despite the legislatively established powers of the relevant state authorities and local self-government in this area, the issues of defining their competence and effective interaction are real and effective guarantees of preventing a variety of information threats to national security as in this case effective and timely ways of eliminating existing dangers are provided. Given that large-scale invasions and hybrid wars can cause catastrophic harm and undermine public confidence in the government, the state must make quick decisions. Consequently, establishing an effective mechanism for ensuring information security has become more relevant than ever nowadays. The purpose of the academic paper is to clarify the theoretical fundamentals, as well as the components, directions and other critical practical aspects of the process of ensuring the state’s information security under conditions of hybrid warfare. Methodology. In the course of the research, abstraction, idealization, system-structural, comparative, logical-linguistic methods, analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction were used to process scientific information on issues of the state’s information security. Results. Based on the research results, the features of the process of ensuring the state’s information security in a hybrid war were studied and certain practical aspects of this issue were clarified.

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Information Security of the State Under Conditions of Hybrid Warfare: Mechanisms of Ensuring

Ablazov

Harkavyi

Mokliak

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Unprivileged Belligerency in a Deterritorialized Cyber Battlefield? Some Lessons Learned from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Kurosaki

2023

Global Impact of the Ukraine Conflict

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Will the centre hold? Countering the erosion of the principle of distinction on the digital battlefield

Mačák¹

2023

Int. rev. Red Cross

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This article argues that the growing involvement of civilians in activities on the digital battlefield during armed conflicts puts individuals at risk of harm and contributes to the erosion of the principle of distinction, a cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL). The article begins by outlining the ongoing trend of civilianization of the digital battlefield and puts forward brief scenarios to illustrate it. It then examines the narrow circumstances under which such forms of civilian involvement may qualify as direct participation in hostilities under IHL, and discusses what this means for the individuals concerned, particularly from the perspective of their loss of protection under the law. The analysis shows that certain types of State conduct which put civilians in harm's way by inducing them to directly participate in hostilities may constitute standalone violations of IHL and human rights law obligations. Beyond these specific prescriptions, the encouragement of civilian involvement undermines the principle of distinction, with dangerous ripple effects on the interpretation of those rules of IHL that flow from it. Accordingly, the article concludes that States should act to reverse the trend of civilianization of the digital battlefield and refrain as much as possible from involving civilians in the conduct of cyber hostilities.

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Unblurring the lines: military cyber operations and international law

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Information Security of the State Under Conditions of Hybrid Warfare: Mechanisms of Ensuring

Information Security of the State Under Conditions of Hybrid Warfare: Mechanisms of Ensuring

Unprivileged Belligerency in a Deterritorialized Cyber Battlefield? Some Lessons Learned from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Will the centre hold? Countering the erosion of the principle of distinction on the digital battlefield

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