Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL

Shiri Krebs

doi:10.17104/0044-2348-2022-2-309

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- 1–276 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–276
- 277–288 Comment 277–288
  - Sleepwalking on the Road to War Matthias Hartwig Matthias Hartwig
- 289–482 Abhandlungen 289–482
  - 289–298 Jurisdiction – Who Speaks International Law? Sué González Hauck, Franziska Herrmann, Julian A. Hettihewa, Max Milas, Stephanie Springer, Franka Weckner, Dariush, Kraft Sué González Hauck, Franziska Herrmann, Julian A. Hettihewa, Max Milas, Stephanie Springer, Franka Weckner, Dariush, Kraft 289–298
  - 299–308 Thinking with Jurisdiction Shaun McVeigh, Sundhya Pahuja Shaun McVeigh, Sundhya Pahuja 299–308
  - 309–332 Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL Shiri Krebs Shiri Krebs 309–332
  - 333–356 Limits to the Jurisdiction of States in Private Law Matters under International Law Max Noll Max Noll 333–356
  - 357–378 Post-Ceasefire Nagorno-Karabakh: Limits to the ECtHR’s Approach to Jurisdiction over Secessionist Entities under the ECHR Júlia Miklasová Júlia Miklasová 357–378
  - 379–400 When Perpetrators and Victims Meet Again Philipp Eschenhagen Philipp Eschenhagen 379–400
  - 401–424 Invoking Systemic Ideals or Systemic Rules? Jurisdiction in WTO and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Nicola Claire Strain Nicola Claire Strain 401–424
  - 425–448 Constitutions Challenging the International Court of Justice’s Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Territorial Disputes in Latin America Walter Arévalo-Ramírez Walter Arévalo-Ramírez 425–448
  - 449–464 Rejection at the Frontier and Human Rights – the UN Treaty Bodies and European Practice Greta Reeh Greta Reeh 449–464
  - 465–482 Race, Borders, and Jurisdiction E. Tendayi Achiume E. Tendayi Achiume 465–482
- 483–500 Rezensionsaufsatz 483–500
  - A Road to Redemption? Reflections on Law & Leviathan Angelo Golia Angelo Golia
- 501–528 Buchbesprechungen 501–528
  - 501–506 Socher, Johannes: Russia and the Right to Self-Determination in the Post-Soviet Space Matthias Hartwig Matthias Hartwig 501–506
  - 507–512 Shen, Wei: Decoding Chinese Bilateral Investment Treaties Mark Feldmann Mark Feldmann 507–512
  - 513–521 Sałkiewicz-Munnerlyn, Ewa: Jurisprudence of the PCIJ and the ICJ on Interim Measures of Protection Michael A. Becker Michael A. Becker 513–521
  - 523–528 Farahat, Anuscheh/Arzoz, Xabier (eds): Contesting Austerity – A Socio-Legal Inquiry Daniela Dobre Daniela Dobre 523–528
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Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law , page 309 - 332

Drone-Cinema, Data Practices, and the Narrative of IHL

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Shiri Krebs

DOI
- doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2022-2-309
- ISSN: 0044-2348
- ISSN online: 2942-3562
Zusammenfassung

This article explores how advanced military technologies and data practices reshape and reassert a particular, Western-centric, narrative of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Analysing the dissemination of this narrative through popular culture, with a focus on he 2015 British thriller Eye in the Sky, I explore how the representation of IHL data practices reaffirms a humanitarian narrative of IHL. As a popular culture product – and one that is embraced by senior IHL experts and professionals – Eye in the Sky reflects and participates in the ethical, legal, and political debates about advanced military technologies, and presents mundane data practices as a system of knowledge production through which IHL exercises its jurisdiction over facts, people, time, and space. In particular, the article analyses how Eye in the Sky’s representations of IHL’s data practices strengthen and reinforce a particular IHL narrative, which is consistent with Western countries’ narrative about their existing bureaucracies of killing. Based on Interdisciplinary analysis of socio-legal studies (SLS), Science and Technology Studies (STS), and culture and media literature, this article answers the following three questions: (i) who is given the power to speak IHL (and who is not)? (ii) to whom is IHL speaking? and (iii) how do data practices shape IHL’s jurisdiction? The article concludes that Eye in the Sky speaks international law through the voices of drone-owning nations, and is directed to their mass publics, legitimising data-centred violence. At the same time, it disguises normative choices as inevitable, and erases African decision-makers, communities, and perspectives.
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