Operation Allied Force: The NATO Bombing in Kosovo, the Law, the Conduct of Hostilities and Dual Purpose Targets (original) (raw)

Abstract

Please note: this paper should be appropriately cited. Please ask if you wish to have access to it. The purpose of this essay is to look at the overall conduct of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aerial bombing campaign in Kosovo in 1999, focusing in on the few occasions where civilian casualties occurred and to review those instances in the light of the applicable law. Therefore it will include a review of the law as found in Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions and look more specifically at what constitutes a legitimate military objective under Humanitarian Law and note in particular how dual-purpose targets became problematic and endanger civilian lives. Fighting a war for humanitarian reasons has consequences for armed forces and this will be reflected upon as well.

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