74 “Will I be next?”
US drone strikes in Pakistan
rattled as reports of Europe terror plots emerge, Christian Science Monitor, 29 September 2010, http://www. csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0929/France-unusually-rattled-as-reports-of-Europe-terror-plots-emerge. See also “Germany shies away from comment on possible role in US drone war”, Deutsche Welle, 1 June 2013, http://www.dw.de/germany-shies-away-from-comment-on-possible-role-in-us-drone-war/a-16852606(accessed 10 August 2013). For United Kingdom: “Drone victim to appeal ruling over UK support for CIA strikes in Pakistan”, Reprieve, 21 December 2012, http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/2012_12_21_drone_victim_ appeal_ruling_uk_cia_strik/(accessed 10 August 2013); “Judges hear claims UK intelligence used for drone strikes”, BBC, 23 October 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20048209(accessed 10 August 2013); and “High Court blocks US drone intelligence case”, BBC, 21 December 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk20807934(accessed 10 August 2013). See also Steve Swann, “CIA drone strikes: Is the UK involved?”, BBC, 21 December 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20804072(accessed 10 August 2013). CO/2599/2012 The Queen on the application of Khan v Secretary Of State For Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs.
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International Law Commission, Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, annexed to UN General Assembly Resolution 56/83, article 16.
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International Law Commission, Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, annexed to UN General Assembly Resolution 56/83, article 4 -6,8,9, and 11). With regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, see also Human Rights Committee, General Comment No 31 on the nature of the General Legal Obligation Imposed on States Parties to the Covenant, CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.13, para 4; and International Committee of the Red Cross, Customary international humanitarian law, Volume I: Rules, Rule 149.
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See International Law Commission, Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, annexed to UN General Assembly Resolution 56/83, article 7; International Committee of the Red Cross, Customary international humanitarian law, Volume I: Rules, commentary to Rule 149, p 533.
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International Law Commission, Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, Commentary, p 45, para 2. See also International Law Commission, Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, Commentary to article 7, p 46, paras 7 and 8.
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Index: ASA 33/013/2013