TERRORISM AND THE REGULATION OF ARMED CONFLICTS (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND POLITICAL CRIMES, 1975, BY M C BASSIOUNI - SEE NCJ-27895)

• NCJ Number: 27899
• Author(s): J TOMAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 22 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDIES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TERRORISM AND THE RULES OF LAW OF WAR BY CONSIDERING INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS AND NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS AS BOTH ARE COMMON TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR FIRST EXAMINES THE PROHIBITION OF TERRORIST MEASURE AND ACTS AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS. COMMENTS ARE THEN MADE ON THE TREATMENT OF TERRORIST ACTS WHICH, BECAUSE OF THEIR MATERIAL ELEMENT, ARE PUNISHED AS WAR CRIMES OR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. OTHER TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE WARS OF NATIONAL LIBERATION, GUERRILLA WARFARE AND TERRORISM, REGULATION OF CONFLICTS NOT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER, AND TERRORISM IN TIME OF PEACE AND THE ROLE OF THE RED CROSS.