Belli Ac Pacis (jurnal hukum internasional)
Vol 8, No 1 (2022): June 2022

PENGGUNAAN CLUSTER BOMB PADA KONFLIK BERSENJATA DI SURIAH DITINJAU DARI HUKUM HUMANITER INTERNASIONAL

Zakka Pranggapati Janges (Faculty of Law Universitas Sebelas Maret)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2023

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the use of banned weapon, cluster bomb, in the armed conflict in Syria by studying the reason why the cluster bomb is banned from the historical, philosophical, and sociological point of view. Additionally, writer also analyze the most effective law enforcing mechanism to address the use of said weapon by Syria government. This is normative research utilizing both primary and secondary legal materials. The legal materials collecting technique is library research equipped with deduction technique to analyze the materials. The result show that the use of cluster bomb is prohibited for the said weapon violate the principle of international humanitarian law such as principle of distinction, proportionality, and military necessity. Hence, the use of cluster bomb by Syria government that cause civilian casualties is a war crime. Furthermore, the most effective law enforcing mechanism to address the use of cluster bomb by Syrian government is through United Nation Security Council Resolution whose content refer the issue to be resolved by ICC.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

belli

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

Modern international law in the last few decades has experienced very rapid development, this is characterized by the emerge of the State in a modern sense, as well as a legal system that regulates relations between countries and international legal entities with each other. Relations between ...