Targeted Killing and the Law of Armed Conflict

Authors

Gary Solis

Number

9

Abstract

Targeted killing is not the battlefield killing of combatants by opposing combatants or the assassination of an individual for political purposes. But in a new age of nonstate actors engaged in transnational terrorist violence, it has become a new reality, and the law of armed conflict should recognize it.

Recommended Citation

Solis, Gary (2007) "Targeted Killing and the Law of Armed Conflict," Naval War College Review: Vol. 60: No. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol60/iss2/9