Research Group Releases International Law on Cyber Warfare Manual

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Research Group Releases International Law on Cyber Warfare Manual

By CircleID Reporter
March 20, 2013, 6:11 pm PDT Views: 6,660 Add Comment

Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare
Paperback / ISBN:9781107613775
Publication date: March 2013The newly released handbook applies the practice of international law with respect to electronic warfare. The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare—named for the Estonian capital where it was compiled—was created at the behest of the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, a NATO think tank. It takes current rules on battlefield behaviour, such as the 1868 St Petersburg Declaration and the 1949 Geneva Convention, to the internet, occasionally in unexpected ways.

“The product of a three-year project by twenty renowned international law scholars and practitioners, the Tallinn Manual identifies the international law applicable to cyber warfare and sets out ninety-five ‘black-letter rules’ governing such conflicts. It addresses topics including sovereignty, State responsibility, the jus ad bellum, international humanitarian law, and the law of neutrality. An extensive commentary accompanies each rule, which sets forth the rule’s basis in treaty and customary law, explains how the group of experts interpreted applicable norms in the cyber context, and outlines any disagreements within the group as to each rule’s application.”

Related Links:
First cyber war manual released The Age, Mar.20.2013
Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare Cambridge University Press

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