Los drones a la luz del Derecho Internacional Humanitario (DIH)
- Romualdo Bermejo-García 1
- Andrea Cocchini 2
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University of Freiburg
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Universidad de Navarra
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ISSN: 2173-3775
Year of publication: 2020
Issue: 36
Pages: 27-104
Type: Article
More publications in: Anuario español de derecho internacional
Abstract
It is decades that States use drones as instruments to fulfil their operations of different kind, from patrolling to the use of lethal armed force. Frequently the use of armed drones has been criticised (and it is still) for alleged violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Thus, this work analyses the use of –sometimes much condemned by Medias– armed drones, especially in the light of precautionary, distinction, and proportionality IHL principles. The aim is to demonstrate that, despite their bad reputation, armed drones respect IHL under those three basic principles cited above.