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10 Baltic J.L. & Pol. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/bjlp10 and id is 1 raw text is: BALTIC JOURNAL OF LAW & POLITICS A Journal of Vytautas Magnus University VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1 (2017) ISSN 2029-0454 rE DE GRUYTER Cit.: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 10:1 (2017): 1-34 - OPN http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bjIp G DOI: 10.1515/bjlp-2017-0001 THE IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSNATIONAL CYBER THREATS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: ANALYSING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CYBERCRIME, CYBER ATTACK, AND CYBER WARFARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Hemen Philip Faga Senior Lecturer; LL.M. Ebony! State University, Faculty of Law (Nigeria) Contact information Address: Abakaliki, P.M.B. 053, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Phone: +2348037702042 E-mail address: hemenfaga@gmail.com Received: August 21, 2016; reviews: 2; accepted: April 6, 2017. ABSTRACT This paper is an attempt to draw distinctive lines between the concepts of cybercrime, cyber-attack, and cyber warfare in the current information age, in which it has become difficult to separate the activities of transnational criminals from acts of belligerents using cyberspace. The paper considers the implications of transnational cyber threats in international humanitarian law (IHL) with a particular focus on cyber-attacks by non-state actors, the principles of state responsibility, and the implications of targeting non-state perpetrators under IHL. It concludes that current international law constructs are inadequate to address the implications of transnational cyber threats; the author recommends consequential amendments to the laws of war in order to address the challenges posed by transnational cyber threats.

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