Legality of US Drone Strikes

The fundamental principles of international law are the apex legal definitions that sit at the very top of the legal theory. Professor Alain Pellet has highlighted the distinction between the fundamental principles of international law and the general principles of international law.1Pellett (2000) states that the general principles are reflected in the municipal laws as various subsets of international law principles such as adherence to the universal human rights as part of the municipal legislation for human rights. The ‘fundamental’ nature is derived from international treaties that are the underline body giving it the credence as the apex body of law. These fundamental principles of international law are, for example, the principle of equality and sovereignty of nations, the principle of the prohibition on the use of force, the principle of the threat to the use of force, the principle of human dignity etc. The United States (US) ha