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  • Hostage-taking

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on hostage-taking explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "hostage-taking" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, […]

  • Hostage-taking

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on hostage-taking explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "hostage-taking" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, […]

  • Hostage

    Hostage(s) Embracing mainstream international law, this section on hostage(s) explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "hostage(s)" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]

  • Hostage

    Hostage(s) Embracing mainstream international law, this section on hostage(s) explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "hostage(s)" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]

  • Us Prosecutions

    United States Prosecutions in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Domestically, the United States continued to pursue the prosecution of captured individuals suspected in several pirate attacks. As of […]

  • Piracy Prosecutions

    Piracy U.S. Prosecutions in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Piracy U.S. Prosecutions: Domestically, the United States continues to pursue the prosecution of captured individuals suspected in several pirate attacks. As of the end of 2013, the United States […]

  • Terrorism Weapons

    Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks: Weapons of TerrorismIntroduction to Terrorism WeaponsBombing historically has been the most common terrorist tactic. Terrorists have often relied on bombs because they provide a dramatic, yet fairly easy and often risk-free, means of drawing at…

  • Fight Against Terrorism

    Fight against terrorism and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Fight against terrorism provided by the European Union Commission: The Amsterdam Treaty inserted in Article 29 of the Treaty on European Union a specific reference to terrorism as a serious crime. Following the […]

  • Terrorism History

    Terrorism History: The French Revolution to World War IIntroduction to Terrorism HistoryUntil the French Revolution (1789-1799), religion provided the main justification for the use of terrorism. This situation changed, however, as nationalism, anarchism, Marxism (see Marx, Karl), …

  • International Criminal Court Crimes Prosecuted

    International Criminal Court Crimes Prosecuted by the CourtIntroduction to International Criminal Court Crimes ProsecutedFour categories of crime are included in the ICC's jurisdiction: genocide; crimes against humanity; war crimes; and crimes of aggression. Aggression cannot b…

  • European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies

    European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies has approximately 8,400 descriptors, and numerous non-descriptors. It provides a wellstructured and wide-ranging ” terminological tool” of controlled vocabulary with which to describe the subject content and format of all kinds of literature and material (books, reports, essays,…

  • Prisoners of War Law

    Prisoners of War Law Introduction Prisoners of War Law is mainly covered under the Geneva Convention which defines POWs as a person, civilian or combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Prisioners of Law (POW) is any person captured or interned by a belligerent…

  • Illegal Restraint

    Hierarchical Display of Illegal restraint Law > Criminal law > Offence > Crime against individualsSocial Questions > Social affairs > Social problem > CrimePolitics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > TerrorismPolitics > Politics and public safety > […]

  • Interpol

    International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) Interpol-Washington "Presently providing cooperation among police agencies of 181 nations, Interpol is in the United States represented by the U.S. National Central Bureau, also called Interpol-Washington, which is directed by the […]

  • Piracy

    See Transnational crime . The first precise attempt to codify piracy was in 1958 when the Convention on the High Seas was adopted in order to clarify the legal status of pirates and the competence to arrest pirates. These articles in the Convention on the High Seas have been incorporated into […]