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Drone warfare and access to justice
a legal analysis of the status quo and future perspectives
Laura Sophie Thimm-Braun
Art der Arbeit
Master-Thesis (ULG)
Universität
Universität Wien
Fakultät
Postgraduate Center
Studiumsbezeichnung bzw. Universitätlehrgang (ULG)
Universitätslehrgang International Legal Studies
Betreuer*in
Christina Binder
DOI
10.25365/thesis.58799
URN
urn:nbn:at:at-ubw:1-19654.18235.525676-2
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Abstracts
Abstract
(Deutsch)
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Abstract
(Englisch)
Lethal drone air strikes have caught the attention of the public for the last few years, as drones have become a major policy tool in domestic counterterrorism policies and generally in warfare. Mostly cases in Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan have been known involving the US launching lethal air strikes against suspected terrorists.
The right to access to justice is of pivotal importance when deploying drones in warfare. In a general manner the access to justice is employed to signify the possibility for the individual to bring a claim before a court and have a court adjudicate it. In a more qualified meaning access to justice is used to signify the right of an individual not only to enter a court of law, but to have his or her case heard and adjudicated in accordance with substantive standards of fairness and justice. However, the access to justice for the victims of lethal drone air strikes, ranging from the relatives to the injured, is extremely limited. Grounds for the constraint are manifold: the variety of actors involved, operating from a distance, new technologies exposing new challenges to existing legal frameworks, the lack of transparency and accountability.
The analysis will therefore be guided by the following research questions: Has the right to access to justice developed so far as to address the issues arsing from modern warfare where unmanned vehicles become the potential perpetrator of human rights violations? If not, what is necessary in order to cope with these issues on the international level? Subsequently, the question arises – regarding the constant technological progress – how to deal with these aspects when autonomous weapons will be an integral part of modern warfare?
In oder to provide for a legal analysis, the first step will be to outline the various facets of the right to access to justice, how it can be defined, how it can be applied and which technical legal questions arise when asserting it, such as its procedural or substantial character. On that basis the right to access to justice will be considered in the particular case of the deployment of drones in warfare introducing the issue by means of relevant case law. Finally, there will be outlook on future development in modern warfare, particularly on the question of how autonomous weapons could challenge the right to access to justice.
Schlagwörter
Schlagwörter
(Englisch)
Access to Justice Drone Warfare International Humanitarian Law International Human Rights Law
Schlagwörter
(Deutsch)
Zugang zu Gerichten Drohnenkrieg humanitäres Völkerrecht Menschenrechte
Autor*innen
Laura Sophie Thimm-Braun
Haupttitel (Englisch)
Drone warfare and access to justice
Hauptuntertitel (Englisch)
a legal analysis of the status quo and future perspectives
Publikationsjahr
2019
Umfangsangabe
88 Seiten
Sprache
Englisch
Beurteiler*in
Christina Binder
Klassifikation
86 Recht > 86.93 Völkerrechtliche Sondergebiete
AC Nummer
AC15682705
Utheses ID
51907
Studienkennzahl
UA | 992 | 628 | |