Critical Perspectives on Government-Sponsored Assassinations by Anne C. Cunningham

Author:Anne C. Cunningham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

F. CONCLUSIONS ON ASSASSINATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN PEACETIME

Under the international law of peacetime, the term assassination may be defined as the murder of a targeted individual for political purposes. Further, current international treaties, as exemplified by the UN Charter, the New York Convention, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and extradition treaties, agree that assassination is an illegal act, prohibited by international law. It would follow then, that international law would forbid any government action to assassinate an individual during peacetime conditions, because such an act would be an unlawful use of force.90 The international law of assassination differs, however, when states are involved in armed conflict; during armed conflict, a separate doctrine of law applies, the international law of war, referred to by some as international humanitarian law (IHL).91

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