This dissertation project addresses some of the problems posed by the use of computing and network technology as weapons and targets in the context of international armed conflict. The international community, recognizing this risk, is engaged in a political dance trying to identify the constraints that international law already places on cyberwarfare while staking out ground to preserve its effectiveness as a means of influencing other states’ policies. As societies continue to expand their activities in the cyber realm, the risk of cyberwarfare negatively affecting the civilian population increases. The international laws of armed conflict set out an obligation for states at war to protect civilians from the effects of the conflict. Cyberwarfare, military activities in cyberspace conducted by a state against another state and intended to disrupt or destroy computing or communication systems or data, is a recent addition to the warfaring arsenal.
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