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6 - Prosecution of Terrorism as an International Crime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2024

Stuart Casey-Maslen
Stuart Casey-Maslen
Affiliation:
University of Pretoria
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Chapter 6 describes how terrorism is punishable under international criminal law. This body of international law holds natural persons – individuals – criminally responsible for the perpetration of international crimes. Although views differ among scholars, as the chapter describes, the better view is that individual acts of terrorism that do not fall within the definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide are not directly criminalized by international law. Particular attention is paid to the relevant caselaw of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

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international criminal lawprosecutionwar crimecrime against humanity
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International Counterterrorism Law , pp. 208 - 230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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