TY - STAND
AU - Marco Roscini
AB - This Chapter discusses the possible problems arising from the application of the principle of distinction under the law of armed conflict to cyber attacks. It first identifies when cyber attacks qualify as ‘attacks’ under the law of armed conflict and then examines the two elements of the definition of ‘military objective’ contained in Article 52(2) of the 1977 Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of War.
BT - Springer International Publishing
DA - 2016-12-02
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-45300-2_7
N1 - The Chapter concludes that this definition is flexible enough to apply in the cyber context without significant problems and that none of the challenges that characterize cyber attacks hinders the application of the principle of distinction.
N2 - This Chapter discusses the possible problems arising from the application of the principle of distinction under the law of armed conflict to cyber attacks. It first identifies when cyber attacks qualify as ‘attacks’ under the law of armed conflict and then examines the two elements of the definition of ‘military objective’ contained in Article 52(2) of the 1977 Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of War.
PY - 2017
T2 - Springer International Publishing
TI - Military Objectives in Cyber Warfare
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-45300-2_7
ER -