"My concern is that these drones, these Predators, are being operated in a framework which may well violate international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

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and a lot of the framework of the international conventions that have come down is,

还有各国达成的一系列国际协议的框架，

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Alston said the United States should explain who is running the program and what precautions are being taken to ensure that these weapons are used within the framework of international law.

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UNESCO's Information for All Programme (IFAP) provides a framework for international co-operation and international and regional partnerships.

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Mr Emmerson told journalists in London that the increasing use of drones "represents a real challenge to the framework of international law".

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This was because of the "archaic spider's web" of thousands of bilateral agreements which had been the legal framework underpinning international air travel since the post-war period.

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