Des Moines Memorial Drive is an 8 mile stretch of road that winds through the Highline Communities. In 1921, over 1,400 elm trees were planted to honor Washington citizens who died serving in WWI. The counsels of England, France, Italy and Belgium attended that original ceremony as well as two French Generals.
What is the most prominent science-based principle that influences international law today? The answer is undoubtedly the precautionary principle, which aims to promote only those policies whose likelihood of harm to both target and collateral populations is relatively small.
The principle of proportionality is used in many different contexts. Some of these uses and contexts are first briefly indicated. This paper focusses on the use of this principle as a moral principle.I argue that under certain conditions the principle of proportionality is helpful as a guide in decision-making.But it needs to be clarified and to be used with some flexibility as a context-dependent principle.he relations between the principle of proportionality and the precautionary principle are explored in the following section. It is concluded that the principles are different and may even clash.