Targeting in International Law

This book is about how distinctions are drawn between civilians and combatants in modern warfare and how the legal principle of distinction depends on the means through which combatants make themselves visibly distinguishable.

Autorentext

Amin Parsa is an assistant professor in sociology of law at Halmstad University, Sweden, and an affiliate researcher of Sociology of Law Department at Lund University, Sweden. He holds a doctoral degree in public international law from Lund University. His primary research interest concerns the use of advanced digital technologies in the context of armed conflicts as well as border control practices.

Inhalt

1. Visibility, Materiality, and Targeting in Contemporary Counterinsurgency 2. KnowledgeVision: The Making of a Legitimate Human Target 3. Military Uniform as a Technology of Visuality 4. Targeting in Counterinsurgency 5. From the Military Uniform to the Disposition Matrix: 'If We Decide [Someone] is a Bad Person, The People With Him Are Also Bad' 6. Conclusion