Vol.1, No 4, 2000 pp. 541 - 549
UDC 341.363(4+73:497.1)
THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PROPORTIONALITY
PRINCIPLE IN APPLYING FORCE IN NATO AIR RAIDS ON YUGOSLAVIA
Miodrag Starčević
Yugoslav Red Cross, Belgrade
Abstract. The NATO aggression on Yugoslavia, in addition to the
indisputable violations of the Charter of the United Nations, abounds in
violations of international law of armed conflicts. Nearly all rules of
international law of armed conflicts have been violated, but particularly
drastic were violations of rules of war and, particularly, violations of
obligations to employ unavoidable and necessary force to the extent
enough to achieve military objectives. Those violations are so seriouos
that it may be concluded that NATO has employed force with the intention
to cause as large destructions as possible, applying a long ago forbbiden
and left concept of "total war" intended to frighten and torture the civilian
population.
Key words: international law of armed conflicts, rules of war,
customary law, Geneve Conventions, Additional Protocols, proportionality
of employment of force, military facilities
POVREDE PRINCIPA PROPORCIONALNOSTI PRIMENE
SILE U VAZDUŠNIM NAPADIMA NATO NA JUGOSLAVIJU
Agresija NATO na Jugoslaviju, pored nesporne povrede Povelje Ujedinjenih
nacija, obiluje i povredama medjunarodnog prava oružanih sukoba. Povredjena
su gotovo sva pravila i, posebno, obaveza da se primenjuje samo nužna
i neophodna sila, dovoljna za postizanje vojnih ciljeva. Te povrede su
toliko ozbiljne da se može zaključiti da je NATO primenjivao silu sa namerom
da izazove što je moguće veća razaranja, primenom davno zabranjenog i napuštenog
koncepta "totalnog rata", usmerenog na zastrašivanje i torturu civilnog
stanovništva.
Ključne reči: medjunarodno pravo oružanih sukoba, pravila
ratovanja, običajno pravo, Ženevske konvencije, Dopunski protokoli, proporcionalnost
upotrebe sile, vojni objekt.
