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HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND ITS LEGAL CONTROL (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND POLITICAL CRIMES, 1975, BY M C BASSIOUNI - SEE NCJ-27895)

NCJ Number
27909
Author(s)
B ZLATARIC
Date Published
1975
Length
11 pages
Annotation
A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JURIDICAL CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Abstract
THE EXCLUSION OF POLITICAL CRIMES FROM THE EXTRADITION TREATIES OF MOST NATIONS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A MORE LIBERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS POLITICAL CRIMES. HOWEVER, MANY COUNTRIES FOUND IT NECESSARY TO SEPARATE CERTAIN FORMS OF TERRORISM FROM THE NOTION OF POLITICAL CRIME, AND TO EXCLUDE THESE FROM THE CATEGORY OF NONEXTRADITABLE POLITICAL OFFENSES. EFFORTS MADE DURING THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES FOR THE UNIFICATION OF PENAL LAW TO FIND A JURIDICAL DEFINITION OF TERRORISM ARE TRACED. FINALLY, AN EXAMINATION OF THE ARTICLES PROPOSED DURING THE CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION AND REPRESSION OF TERRORISM IN 1973 IS PRESENTED.