مؤسسة الشرق الأوسط للنشر العلمي

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الإصدار الرابع عشر: 6 مارس 2022
من مجلة الشرق الأوسط للنشر العلمي

The applicability of the rules of international humanitarian law to cyber-attacks in war

Joman Rabah Al-Khateeb
Abstract

Abstract

This article illustrated a new method of war that began to appear on the scene of conflicts in the international community in light of the spread of cyberspace, which added to wars new war tools based on the exploitation of technological progress and the great development in the wide use of the Internet and social media and the use of these tools in a military framework capable of causing damage that may be stronger and more affecting the infrastructure of countries involved in armed conflicts and may exceed that effect to cause significant damage civilians and everything related to civilian life in all respects. Because of the significant impact of cyber-attacks, it has been problematic in the applicability of the rules of international humanitarian law to such cyber-attacks. In this article, she addressed the concept of these cyber-attacks and some of their methods used in conflicts, as well as their impact on the field nature of war and civilians, as demonstrated by the legitimacy of cyber targets and what civilian data are targeted from cyber operations, and in conclusion reviewed the applicability of the principles of international humanitarian law to those attacks and the mandatory extent of Tallinn evidence and how it can influence the course of use of cyber-attacks to ensure that civilians are not harmed or at least minimize Civilian damage in all its forms, whether direct human or vital targets for infrastructure that serves civilians

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