Attacks Directed at Media Sources During Armed Conflicts:

Augusto Guimarães Carrijo; Tatiana Cardoso Squeff

doi:10.5281/zenodo.11002120

Augusto Guimarães Carrijo Federal University of Uberlândia - Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9492-6434
Tatiana Cardoso Squeff Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9912-9047

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11002120

Keywords: International Humanitarian Law, Media Stations, International Crimes, Imperiality, RTS

Abstract

This text debates the possibility of media stations being considered legitimate targets that may be attacked in the midst of hostilities. Hence, a monographic study regarding the case of the bombing conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops on Serbian Radio and Television Station during the 1999 Kosovo war is done, using as an analytical basis the I Additional Protocol of 1977 rules, and the interpretations from international tribunals. Methodologically, the deductive approach model and the descriptive, explanatory and critical methods regarding the analysis of the objectives are used, just as the bibliographic and documentary techniques.

Author Biographies

Augusto Guimarães Carrijo, Federal University of Uberlândia - Uberlândia, Minas Gerais.

Juris Doctor candidate at the Federal University of Uberlândia. NETI/USP researcher - sub-nucleus of the International Criminal Court. He is also a researcher at the Study and Research Group in International Law - GEPDI/UFU, where he carried out scientific initiation in the field of IHL (PIVIC n. 389/2020) and is currently the head coach of the Moot Court Center. Former IBDMAR intern.

Tatiana Cardoso Squeff, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.

Associate professor of International, Environmental and Consumer Law at UFRGS. Professor in the Post-Graduation courses in Law at UFU and in International Relations at UFSM. Post-Doctorate in Law and Fundamental Guarantees from FDV. PhD in International Law from UFRGS, with period of studies at the University of Ottawa. Master in Public Law from Unisinos, with CAPES/DFAIT funding and period of studies at the University of Toronto. She holds specialization certificates in Human Rights from UCoimbra, in International Relations from UFRGS/PPGEEI, in International Law from UFRGS/PPGD and in English from Unilasalle. Researcher at NETI/USP - sub-nucleus of International Criminal Courts.

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Attacks Directed at Media Sources During Armed Conflicts

an analysis of the bombing of the rts station in the former yugoslavia under international humanitarian law

Abstract

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