UN launches inquiry into drone killings
UN launches inquiry into drone killings
The UN is launching an inquiry into the impact on civilians of drone strikes and other targeted killings.
There is a need for "accountability and reparation where things have gone badly wrong", the British lawyer heading the investigation told journalists.
Ben Emmerson QC, a UN special rapporteur, said the "exponential" rise of drone technology required a proper legal framework to be put into place.
The inquiry will study the impact of drone strikes in five places.
Twenty-five attacks will be examined - in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, the Palestinian territories and Somalia.
Mr Emmerson told journalists in London that the increasing use of drones "represents a real challenge to the framework of international law".
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