Humanitarian law must leave both sides equal chances to fight.

Evidence

Chaumont proposes a guiding principle to remedy such adverse effects. He says, “A humanitarian law, to be objective and credible, must leave to both sides equal chances in combat: if a legal norm is incompatible with this principle and makes it impossible for one side to hope for victory, the best thing is to renounce the establishment of such a law” (ibid.). — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1037

Categorization

• SEED: Article angle: how ‘lawfare’ itself can become a weapon of the strong when it pretends formal equality between asymmetric adversaries.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s framework of impunity for imperial combatants — laws that appear neutral structurally favor the drone-equipped side. — connects to: Humanitarian law must grant asymmetrical parties equal chances to fight.; Laws of war should grant equal right to fight, not equal arms; Legal immunity for wartime killing presupposes that the right to kill is mutual. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 522 (+3 more)

Related

• Humanitarian law must grant asymmetrical parties equal chances to fight. (similarity 0.95)
• Laws of war should grant equal right to fight, not equal arms (similarity 0.92)
• Law should equalize the right to fight, not the weapons themselves. (similarity 0.88)
• Law that excludes adversaries from fighting fails to restrain their violence (similarity 0.83)
• Outlawed combatants lose all incentive to obey war’s rules (similarity 0.82)
• Modern jus in bello rests on combatants’ equal right to kill, not on punishment (similarity 0.81)
• Legal immunity for wartime killing presupposes that the right to kill is mutual. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Law should equalize the right to fight, not the weapons themselves. #expands (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1038
• Law that excludes adversaries from fighting fails to restrain their violence #corroborates (0.75) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1040
• Broadcasting’s formal balance of two sides distorts unequal real-world conflicts #complicates (0.55)