TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kleemann, Steven
T1  - Cyber warfare and the "humanization" of international humanitarian law
JF  - International journal of cyber warfare and terrorism
N2  - Cyber warfare is a timely and relevant issue and one of the most controversial in international humanitarian law (IHL). The aim of IHL is to set rules and limits in terms of means and methods of warfare. In this context, a key question arises: Has digital warfare rules or limits, and if so, how are these applicable? Traditional principles, developed over a long period, are facing a new dimension of challenges due to the rise of cyber warfare. This paper argues that to overcome this new issue, it is critical that new humanity-oriented approaches is developed with regard to cyber warfare. The challenge is to establish a legal regime for cyber-attacks, successfully addressing human rights norms and standards. While clarifying this from a legal perspective, the authors can redesign the sensitive equilibrium between humanity and military necessity, weighing the humanitarian aims of IHL and the protection of civilians-in combination with international human rights law and other relevant legal regimes-in a different manner than before.
KW  - cyber-attack
KW  - cyberwar
KW  - IHL
KW  - IHRL
KW  - international human rights
KW  - international humanitarian law
KW  - law and technology
KW  - new technologies
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 978-1-7998-6177-5
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4018/IJCWT.2021040101
SN  - 1947-3435
SN  - 1947-3443
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
PB  - IGI Global
CY  - Hershey
ER  -