Terrorism, Targeted Killings and the Right to Life
Terrorism, Targeted Killings and the Right to Life

Summary/Abstract: The right to life concerns the prerogative that belongs to any human being to exist as such, once a part of the world. Over the centuries, most religious and philosophical movements around the world have strongly condemned any act that harms the life of a human being. In the modern age of war, technology plays an increasingly important role in strategic thinking, leading to a change in the way operations are conducted around the globe. The biggest change in the new technological environment is the increasing use of clandestine operations, the so-called target killings, which in recent decades have been largely considered of dubious legality. In this regard, as will be seen, some consider targeted killings to be „executions” or „extrajudicial killings”, while others consider these operations to be legitimate acts of war carried out as part of the state's inherent right to self-defense.

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