Revista de Ciencias Civiles y Jurídicas

Abstracto

The Discourse of the US Drone Strikes in FATA from the Perspective of International Law

Yousuf Storai* and Abdul Wadood

This article is the descriptive analysis of the US Drone strikes that have been carrying in FATA since 2004. The study focused on what is the legal ground of the US Drone campaign in FATA. Whereas analysis of the legality discussed in the paper is from the perspective of international law only. While for this paper, the qualitative approach is adopted. The data for this study is collected in the shape of semi-structured interviews that are taken from the people who hold expertise in the field of law and existing data are utilized too. Further, the indicators derived from the date substantiated that the US Drone strikes in FATA have some legal ground in the light of international law. This study is guided by the philosophy of “Just War” theory. Finally, the purpose of the paper is to remove the misunderstanding prevailing among the people of Pakistan regarding the legality of the US Drone strikes in FATA.