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Terrorism as a Crime under International Law

This paper deals with the most recent developments towards defining terrorism as an international offence. On February 16 2011, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) ruled that terrorism has become a crime according to the customary international law. This paper discusses whether there is really customary international law which introduces terrorism as a crime. Furthermore, an analysis of the development of international criminal law in the are of terrorism is provided. However, having in mind the existing normative chaos in defining terrorism (which is present on international as well as on domestic levels), the author focuses on the question of finding an adequate definition of terrorism. Finally, the author discusses whether criminalization of terrorism as an international offence could have a deterrence effect in reducing risk of future terrorist attacks.

terrorism; international law

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