UNDISCOVERABLE ACT OF TERRORISM (FROM REFLECTIONS ON THE DEFINITION AND REPRESSION OF TERRORISM - SEE NCJ-30533)

• NCJ Number: 30535
• Author(s): P MERTENS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Universite Libre de Bruxelles
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS, MARCH 19-20, 1973

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF POLITICAL CRIMES AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND THE DIFFICULTY INVOLVED IN ACHIEVING AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IN REGARD TO SANCTIONS BECAUSE SUCH ACTS ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.

Abstract

SO-CALLED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, GENOCIDE, AGGRESSION (MILITARY AND POLITICAL), OPPRESSIVE RULE BY UNPOPULAR MINORITIES, ETC., AS WELL AS TERRORISTIC ASSASSINATIONS, SABOTAGE, ETC., ARE POLITICALLY INSPIRED. BUT THE OPPOSITION TO THEM IS ALSO POLITICALLY INSPIRED. HENCE IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, OVER THE YEARS, TO ARRIVE AT GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE DEFINITIONS OF THESE CONCEPTS, MUCH LESS GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE WORDING OF LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OUTLAWING THEM. --IN FRENCH