Verhältnismäßigkeit im Humanitären Völkerrecht: Gewissensentscheidungen aus dem Blickwinkel des militärisch operativen Planungsprozesses

Abstract

According to international humanitarian law, military decision makers must balance military necessity and humanitarian considerations when using military force against an adversary on a case-by-case basis. Determining whether or not, from a normative point of view, there is proportionality between the values weighed against each other, this article examines how these criteria are applied in the military planning and decision-making process. It discusses how the subjective element of the principle of proportionality is influenced by current technological developments in the field of artificial intelligence and what implications this might have for the legal and ethical responsibilities of military decision makers.