In January 2014 the U.S. carried out drone strikes in Somalia, inflicting harm on two Somali nomads. One of them lost his two daughters, suffered permanent physical injury and their livestock was destroyed. In carrying out the attack, the US used information gathered by the Dutch Defence Intelligence and Security Service. The victims purport that the Netherlands share responsibility for the attack which was unlawful under international law in particular human rights and international humanitarian law and are preparing a lawsuit against the Dutch state. They claim that under Dutch civil law, the Dutch State committed a wrongful act.

With limited financial resources to pay for the costs attached to the lawsuit, the victims filed a request for government-financed legal aid which was rejected in first instance and was only granted in second instance. Ultimately the case was not taken to court. Since justice and reparations remain largely unobtainable for the ever-increasing number of innocent civilians that get killed, maimed or lose their breadwinners in armed drones strikes launched in and outside formal battlefields, the Nuhanovic Foundation continues to expand its Drones Database with topical information on these issues.