Are U.S drone targeted killings within the confines of the law?

dc.contributor.advisorWaschefort, Gus
dc.contributor.postgraduateChengeta, Thompson
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T07:53:07Z
dc.date.available2012-04-24T07:53:07Z
dc.date.issued2011/10/30
dc.descriptionPrepared under the supervision of Mr Gus Waschefort at the International criminal court, The Hague, Netherlands
dc.descriptionThesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2011.
dc.description.abstractEqually discomforting is the PlayStation mentality that surrounds drone killings. Young military personnel raised on a diet of video games now kill real people remotely using joysticks. Far removed from the human consequences of their actions, how will this generation of fighters value the right to life? How will commanders and policy makers keep themselves immune from the deceptively antiseptic nature of drone killings? Will killing be a more attractive option than capture? Will the standards of intelligence gathering justify a killing slip? Will the number of acceptable collateral civilian deaths increase?en
dc.description.degreeLLM
dc.description.departmentCentre for Human Rights
dc.description.librariannf2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.chr.up.ac.za/en_US
dc.identifier.citationChengeta, T 2011/10/30, Are U.S drone targeted killings within the confines of the law?, LLM Text, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18610>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18610
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectAmerican soldiersen
dc.subjectDrone killingsen
dc.subject.lcshDrone aircraft -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshTargets (Shooting) -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshTerrorists -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshVideo games -- United States -- Influenceen
dc.subject.lcshRight to life -- United Statesen
dc.titleAre U.S drone targeted killings within the confines of the law?en
dc.typeDissertation

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