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  • Antiterrorism Efforts

    General Concerns Criticism about anti-terrorism legislation and other measures in the United States, Canada and other countries focussed on three main areas: general concerns about the scope and effectiveness of these initiatives, violations of civil liberties, and invasions of […]

  • Antiterrorism Efforts

    General Concerns Criticism about anti-terrorism legislation and other measures in the United States, Canada and other countries focussed on three main areas: general concerns about the scope and effectiveness of these initiatives, violations of civil liberties, and invasions of […]

  • Terrorism Definition

    Terrorism Definition Introduction to the Problems of the Terrorism Definition There is “no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism. The plurality of terrorism definitions reflects the disagreement that exists over the politically sensitive issues of the “purposes of terrorist aims, actors, and activities… [and is] symptomatic of larger ideological arguments over who the ‘bad guys’…

  • 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), …

  • Terrorism Impact

    Terrorism Characteristics: Impact of TerrorismIntroduction to Terrorism ImpactAlthough most terrorist groups have failed to achieve their long-term, strategic aims through terrorism, terrorism has on occasion brought about significant political changes that might otherwise have bee…

  • Terrorism Organization

    Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks: Planning and OrganizationIntroduction to Terrorism OrganizationAll terrorists share one characteristic: They never commit actions randomly or senselessly. Every terrorist wants an attack to generate maximum publicity because media attention hel…

  • Terrorism Attacks

    The Increasing Deadliness of Terrorist AttacksIntroduction to Terrorism AttacksAlthough the total number of terrorist incidents worldwide declined during the 1990s, the number of people killed in terrorist incidents increased. Thus, while terrorists may have become less active, the…

  • International Counterterrorism

    Introduction to International CounterterrorismInternational cooperation against terrorism historically has had a somewhat uneven record. During the early 1970s international cooperative efforts produced various aircraft antihijacking agreements, including the 1970 Hague Convention for the U…

  • Early Terrorism

    Terrorism History: Early TerrorismIntroduction to Early TerrorismMore than 2,000 years ago the first known acts of what we now call terrorism were perpetrated by a radical offshoot of the Zealots, a Jewish sect active in Judea during the 1st century ad. The Zealots resisted the Rom…

  • Counterterrorism Methods

    Methods of CounterterrorismIntroduction to Counterterrorism MethodsAt times of extraordinarily serious terrorist threat, many governments have accorded law-enforcement authorities special powers of arrest and detention. These powers have generally been temporary and were meant spec…

  • Bioterrorism

    Bioterrorism Bioterrorism is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria or other germs (agents) to cause illness or death in people, animals or plants. These agents are typically found in nature, but can be altered to enhance their morbidity rate, resistant to medicines and virulence. Biological agents can be spread through the air or water or…

  • International criminal law: Terrorism and Piracy

    International Criminal Law : Terrorism and Piracy 1. Major Treaties and Documents United Nations, International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings , U.N. Doc. A/52/653 (25 November 1997; not in force yet) Canada’s Department of International Trade and Foreign Affairs has collected several older Treaties at its site on terrorism at https://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/foreignp/treaties-e.htm-what follows is…

  • Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism

    Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism 1. The purpose of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism hereafter “the Convention” is to “enhance the efforts of Parties in preventing terrorism and its negative effects on the full enjoyment of human rights, in particular the right to life, both by…

  • Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism

    Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism Treaties & International Organizations: United States Deposits Ratification of Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism with the Organization of American States On 15 November 2005, the United States deposited its instrument of ratification to the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism. Deposited at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Convention will…