English

1. A) Books
2. M., & Regan. M. (2021). Accountability for targeted killing, in Counter-Terroris the Ethical Issues. by Miller, S.R.M.; Henschke, A.H.; Feltes, J., Delft University of Technology.
3. McNeal, G. (2012). Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study In Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence. in Targeted Killings: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World, by Claire Finkelstein (ed.), Jens David Ohlin (ed.), Andrew Altman (ed.), Oxford University Press.

1. B) Articels
2. Akande, D. (2012). Classification of Armed Conflicts: Relevant Legal Concepts. Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper.
3. Alston, (2011). The CIA and Targeted Killings Beyond Borders. Harvard National Security Journal, Forthcoming.
4. Bradley, C., & Goldsmith, J. (2005). Congressional Authorization and The War on Terrorism. Harvard Law Review.
5. Buchanan, A., & Keohane, (2015). Toward a Drone Accountability Regime. Cambridge University Press.
6. Combe, M. P. (2017). The Covert Action Statute: The CIA’s Blank Check?. Journal of National Security Law & Policy.
7. Davis, M. (2011). Combatant Immunity and the Death of Anwar al-Awlaqi. JURIST.
8. Davis, M. (2011). Combatant Immunity and the Death of Anwar al-Awlaqi,
9. Dehn, J., & Heller, K. (2011). A Proposal for Judicial Review of Lethal War Measures, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, PENNumbra, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
10. Fisher, J (2007). Targeted Killing, Norms, and International Law. J. Transnat'l L. 711.
11. Mauri, (2020). The Multi-Faceted Character Of The ‘Political Question’ Doctrine In Recent Practice: A One-Size-Fits-All Tool?/ Zoom In, Questions Of International Law, 2020.
12. Mcneal, G. (2014). Targeted Killing and Accountability, The Georgetown Law Journal.
13. O’Connell, M. E. (2021). Targeted Killings’ in Christina Binder, Manfred Nowak, Jane A Hofbauer, Philipp Janig (eds). Notre Dame Law School.
14. Paust, Jordan, (2010), Self-Defense Targetings of Non-State Actors and Permissibility of U.S. Use of Drones in Pakistan, Of Transnational Law & Policy.
15. Pearlstein, D. (2013). Enhancing Due Process in Targeted Killing. The American Constitution Society (ACS).
16. Roddel, (2022). The future of US drone policy: A conversation with International Law Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, available at: https://news.nd.edu/news/the-future-of-us-drone-policy-a-conversation-with-international-law-professor-mary-ellen-oconnell/
17. Savage,  (2022). White House Tightens Rules on Counterterrorism Drone Strikes. New York time.
18. L. (2017). The Obama administration’s conceptual change: Imminence and the legitimation of targeted killings. Cambridge University Press.
19. Trevisan, S. (2015). The transnational non-international armed conflict: positive norms, leading cases and doctrinal conceptualizations. International law research seminar.
20. Vladeck, S. (2014). Targeted Killing and Judicial Review. The George Washington Law Review Arguendo.

1. C) Documents
2. Commentary to the HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare, elaborated by the Drafting Committee of the Group of Experts under the supervision of Professor Yoram Dinstein, Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2013.
3. Joint Doctrine for Targeting, 17 January 2002, Available at: https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/jp-doctrine/jp3_60%2802%29.pdf.
4. Procedures For Approving Direct Action Against Terrorist Targets Located Outside The United States And Areas Of Activ E Hostilities, 2013, Available At: https://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-library/procedures_for_approving_direct_action_against_terrorist_targets/download.
5. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), adopted at Geneva, Switzerland, on June 8, 1977, entry into force December 7, 1978.
6. The White House, Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities, 2013, Available at: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/23/fact-sheet-us-policy-standards-and-procedures-use-force-counterterrorism.
7. United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure, section 2441, 2015. Available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2015-title18/USCODE-2015-title18-partI-chap118-sec2441.
8. Yves Sandoz et al., "Commentary on the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 to the Geneva Conventinos of 12 August 1949", International Committee of the Red Cross (1986).
9. The manual of the law of armed conflict, uk ministry of defence, 2004, available at: https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law/9780199287284.001.0001/law-9780199287284

1. D) Cases
2. Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, Civil Action No. 10-1469 (JDB), United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia), 2010, available at: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/aulaqi-v-obama-civil-891492033.
3. Bilal Abdul Kareem, Appellant V. Gina Cheri Haspel, Director of The Central Intelligence Agency, Et Al., Appellees, Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:17-cv-00581), No. 19-5328, 2021, available at: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/19-5328/19-5328-2021-01-15.html
4. El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Co. v. United States, 55 Fed. Cl. 751 (2003), March 14, 2003 · United States Court of Federal Claims · No. 00-443L, 55 Fed. Cl. 751, Available a.t: https://cite.case.law/fed-cl/55/751/ .
5. International court of justice, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), 2005, available at: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/116/judgments.
6. International court of justice, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2004, available at: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/131.
7. International court of justice, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), 2003, available at: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/90

1. E) Reports
2. Report of the Special reporter on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, Addendum, Study on Targeted Killings, UN Doc. A/HRC/14/24/Add.6, May 28, (2010).
3. UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston; Study on Targeted Killings, (A-HRC 4438),2022.

References in Persian:

1. A) Articles
2. Taleghani, A. (2004). Accountability and Responsibility. Andisheh Hawze, (49 & 50) (In Persian).
3. Lasani, H., & Monfared, M. (2017). Contemplateing on the Legitimacy of Targeted Killing Tactics under International Humanitarian Law. Journal of Legal Studies of Shiraz University, (2), 246-276 (In Persian).
4. Manzavi, M. (2008). The Doctrine of the US Armed Forces. Journal of Defense Policy, 16, (62) (In Persian).

1. B) Theses
2. Monfared, M. (2017). The Applicability of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law to the Policy of Targeted Killing. University of Tehran (Farabi Schools) (In Persian).