"Adl va Ensaf" Comparative Law Researches Quarterly
"Adl va Ensaf" Comparative Law Researches Quarterly

Cyber ​​terrorism and international humanitarian law

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sima Hatami 1
Fatollah Rahimi 2
Esmaeil Shahsavandi 3

1 Graduate of university of Tehran

2 Faculty board of Azad university

3 Faculty board of Azad University

10.22034/aeclr.2024.391620.1114
Abstract
Cyberterrorism is aimed at preventing access to information, data and causing confusion and disrupting national and international security for the involved parties by creating terror in the current world with ultra-advanced technology and affects vital, sensitive and important centers. It is necessary to pay attention quickly and at the same time intelligently, purposefully and reasonably to the issue in order to high protect these centers from existing and possible threats in order to maintain national security and privacy of citizens in the field of cyber warfare. Cyber ​​terrorism and its relationship with international law in the form of international conflict law and humanitarian law is the main focus of this research and analysis essay. The inductive approach used in the analysis of the issue shows that the nature of cyber terrorism is defined in international law under humanitarian law and provides measures to deal with it by governments or states.

Keywords

Cyberterrorism
information technology
cyber attack
conflict law
humanitarian law

Subjects

Volume 5, Issue 19
Summer 2022
Pages 40-65

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