Kunduz Incident Case; (Afghan Citizens v. Federal Republic of Germany)

Abstract

Damages — Compensation — Individual claims based on international law — International humanitarian law — Customary international law — Whether individual or inter-State compensation — Official liability law and armed conflict — Applicability of national official liability law in armed conflict

General principles of international law — Whether individuals subjects of international law — Human rights law — International humanitarian law — Inter-State character of international law — Foreign policy relations and constitutional law of Germany

War and armed conflict — Non-international armed conflict — Geneva Conventions, 1949, and Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 — Military action in Afghanistan in 2009 — International Security Assistance Forces — Airstrike — Kunduz incident — Feasible precautions

War and armed conflict — International humanitarian law — Military attack — Precautionary measures — Proportionality — Collateral damage — Expectation — Relevant perspective

War and armed conflict — International humanitarian law — Combatants — Civilians — Military objectives — Civilian objects — The law of Germany