Study of Strategies to Limit of Cybercrime Attacks from the Perspective of International Humanitarian Law

Abstract

Human progress in various political and social arenas creates new opportunities and challenges. This subject has led that international laws, including international humanitarian law, to seek for create appropriate laws for new developments. One of these new challenges is Cybercrime attacks, which is due to the increasing spread of technology and the development of cybercaps in various parts of the world, this Attacks are considered as a threat to human life. The main question of the current research is that what are the most important strategies for reducing cyberattacks from the perspective of international humanitarian law? The findings of this study are that Cybercrime attacks, Because of hurting to civilians, are considerable for international humanitarian law. In addition, Due to the increasing number of cybercrime attacks, need to apply the principles of international humanitarian law or to formulate new rules in the face of these attacks, is essential. Meanwhile, In the area of confronting with the effects and consequences of Anti-human rights Cybercrime attacks, Unilateral decisions are not very effective and in this regard, one of the main weaknesses have been the lack of collective agreement on how to manage cyber space. The present research approach is a descriptive-analytical approach which has taken a library Method to collecting information. Please cite this article as: Jafari A, Toutounchian M. Study of Strategies to Limit of Cybercrime Attacks from the Perspective of International Humanitarian Law. Bioethics Journal, Special Issue on Human Rights and Citizenship Rights 2019; 331-342.