Targeted killings in the U.S. policy

Targeted killings are the planned killing of alleged terrorists by the government if their capture is impossible, carried out mainly by unmanned aircrafts armed with missiles and remotely controlled, the so-called drones. Targeted killings are performed not necessarily in a war contest and sometimes without the approval of the sovereign State where the action is carried out. The decision to deal with the struggle against international terrorism as war emergency, endorsed by the U.S. administration with both Bush and Obama, had an impact on fundamental rights, the protection of which was limited just because of war emergency.