Analisis Regulasi Pengunaan Drone (Peaswat Tanpa Awak) Dalam Konflik Bersenjata Dalam Hukum Internasional

Abstract

The rapid advancement of technology today has brought many changes to human life. Not only changes in daily life, rapid technological developments have even changed the way the international community fights. Drones or unmanned aircraft are a technology that is quite massively used by the enemy against their opponents in war. In its development, the use of drones has brought losses to civilians who are not involved in the war. Through this thesis research, several legal questions will be raised relating to the regulation of the use of weapons in armed conflict in international law, the regulation of the use of drones in armed conflict, and the differences for each country in regulating the use of drones. The research method used in this thesis research is a descriptive normative legal research method. The data used in this thesis research is secondary data with primary legal materials such as laws and regulations, conventions, treaties, books, and so on. This study concludes that the use of drones has not been regulated in international conventions. With such a legal vacuum, it causes opponents with more sophisticated technological capabilities to use drones without limits. However, the legal vacuum regarding the regulation of drones as weapons of war does not immediately make state boundaries disappear. In principle, every country is required to comply with regulations that confirm the boundaries of each country's air zones. In its development, although the use of drones is not regulated in international conventions, several countries have already regulated the use of drones in their country's territory. These countries are Indonesia, Hong Kong, the United States, and Canada.