The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that Germany did not violate international law by strictly monitoring or failing to strictly monitor or stop the US drone attacks from Ramstein Air Base.
The ruling people say after the two Yemeni, they were killed by family members in an American drone attack in their country more than a year ago, who in a complaint in court called for life and right to physical integrity in the German Constitution.
What did the court say?
The court said that Germany had a definite obligation to protect the basic human rights of foreigners.
However, it was stated that it was established that the US had employed inappropriate norms in its attack in its attack and its discrimination among the military goals and citizens.
The court ruled that there would be enough connection with the German State Authority for the responsibility of any such attack, something that cannot be claimed in this case.
ECCHR, who supported the plaintiff, told DW that it was “unlikely” that he would pursue the matter, for example in the European Court of Human Rights.
The German government has welcomed the decision.
A joint statement by Forign and Defent Ministry stated that the court had recognized the widespread leap given to the government whether the action by the third country is in line with international law.
The statement said that the ruling sent an important indication regarding the works of Germany in the areas of foreign affairs and security.
What is the case against Ramstein Air Base?
Two Yamani people who brought the case to Ahmed and Khalid bin Ali Jabar said that they lose some of their relatives in an American drone strike at Kashmir village in 2012, which took place during a family member of a wedding diet.
He argued that partial responsibility for the German hero attack, as the Drone Mission used signals relayed from the Ramstein base located near the city of Kaisarlotorn in the South -West.
The Berlin-Besen was supported by both people in their case by the European Center for Contential and Human Rights (ECCHR), stating: “Without the data flowing through Ramstein, without the data flowing through Ramstein, the US cannot blow up his fighter drone in Yemen.”
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The case has been in front of the courts for more than 10 years, rejecting a high administrative court in 2015 in the city Munter in 2015, in 2019, the German government ordered to examine the validity of the use of the Ramstein airbase for such attacks.
The decision was overturned by a federal court.
The German Ministry of Defense has argued that Berlin has obtained repetition from Washington that no drone is launched, controlled or commanded from Germany and American forces have followed international law in their actions.
Over the years, the US has carried out drone attacks on suspected terrorist from the terrorist group al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Recently, it has targeted the Iran -backed Hurti rebels in the country, which disrupting shipping in the region in the region that they say they say that there are in support of Palestinians among the aggressive Israeli aggressive in Gaza.
Edited by: saim dusan inayatullah
