Book contents
- International Counterterrorism Law
- International Counterterrorism Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Defining Terrorism in International Law
- 2 The Key Components of International Counterterrorism Law
- 3 National Terrorism Legislation Worldwide
- 4 Prosecution of Terrorism Suspects in Domestic Courts
- 5 Counterterrorism Action under International Law
- 6 Prosecution of Terrorism as an International Crime
- 7 State Responsibility for Terrorism
- 8 The Outlook for International Counterterrorism Law
- Index
4 - Prosecution of Terrorism Suspects in Domestic Courts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2024
- International Counterterrorism Law
- International Counterterrorism Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Defining Terrorism in International Law
- 2 The Key Components of International Counterterrorism Law
- 3 National Terrorism Legislation Worldwide
- 4 Prosecution of Terrorism Suspects in Domestic Courts
- 5 Counterterrorism Action under International Law
- 6 Prosecution of Terrorism as an International Crime
- 7 State Responsibility for Terrorism
- 8 The Outlook for International Counterterrorism Law
- Index
Summary
This chapter summarizes the maximum sentences available to domestic courts around the world for the perpetration of acts of terrorism. In more than one-quarter of all States this includes the death penalty. The chapter then describes the prosecution of terrorism suspects in selected domestic courts across the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. It considers the reasonableness of the charges laid, the fairness of the trials, and the legitimacy of the sentences imposed upon conviction. Some of those prosecuted for terrorism offences are children or women. The overwhelming majority, though, are men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years.
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- International Counterterrorism Law , pp. 122 - 181Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024