Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: rorism. 1 International lawyers have been trying to define terrorism since 1937. 2 There is still no universally accepted legal definition of the term "terrorism".It is not difficult to see why this is the case.The label of terrorism serves to de-legitimise those who use such methods.3 Terrorists are evil.If they are evil, then it is morally wrong to try to negotiate with them.4 And there is no point in ever negotiating with them, as they will never keep any agreement.But the deaths of civilians caused by one's own military forces in fighting wars for national defence (even if these are far away, in other countries) are of course another matter, as are deaths caused by guerrilla groups one's country supports, morally, economically or with weapons and training.Fundamental political disagreement over how to define terrorism has meant that States have tended to focus on specific types of terrorismhijacking, attacks against diplomats, etc. and agree by treaty that this conduct, at least, is not acceptable.5 The breakthrough really came in 1 See, e.g.
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DOI: 10.33063/dl.vi.908
Authors: Petter Asp, Iain Cameron
Institution: Uppsala University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1521601713