Land, sea and air are no more the only domains where hostilities are conducted. Cyberspace has now become the fourth dimension. Marco Roscini's book on Cyber Operations and the Use of Force in International Law explores this new and challenging subject. Taking into account recent State practice, the author relies on traditional customary and treaty law to construe rules applicable to cyber operations. He examines all the main chapters of the law of armed conflict: jus ad bellum, jus in bello and the law of neutrality. A sound knowledge of the law of armed conflict allows the author to formulate a complete set of rules for cyber operations in a clear and realistic mode. Dr. Roscini's book is to be recommended to the attention of scholars, legal advisors and to all concerned with planning defence operations.

Autorentext

Marco Roscini is Professor of International Law at the University of Westminster Law School. Prof. Roscini has a PhD from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and was previously a Research Fellow in International Law at the University of Verona School of Law. He lectured in international security law at University College London (UCL), King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, and the Ecole des Relations Internationales in Paris. He has published a monograph on nuclear-weapon-free zones and is the co-editor of Non-Proliferation Law as a Special Regime. Prof. Roscini is a member of the International Law Association (ILA)'s Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-proliferation and Contemporary International Law, of the Academic Network (AN) Programme on International Cyber Security, and of the EU Non-proliferation Consortium. In 2012, he was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for the academic year 2012-2013 to conduct his research on cyber operations.

Klappentext

Recent years have seen a significant increase in the scale and sophistication of cyber attacks employed by, or against, states and non-state actors. This book investigates the international legal regime that applies to such attacks, and investigates how far the traditional rules of international humanitarian law can be used in these situations.

Inhalt

• 1: Identifying the Problem and the Applicable Law

• 2: Cyber Operations and the jus ad bellum

• 3: The Applicability of the jus in bello to Cyber Operations

• 4: Cyber Operations and the Conduct of Hostilities

• 5: Cyber Operations and the Law of Neutrality

• General Conclusions