Book contents
- International Counterterrorism Law
- International Counterterrorism Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Defining Terrorism in International Law
- 2 The Key Components of International Counterterrorism Law
- 3 National Terrorism Legislation Worldwide
- 4 Prosecution of Terrorism Suspects in Domestic Courts
- 5 Counterterrorism Action under International Law
- 6 Prosecution of Terrorism as an International Crime
- 7 State Responsibility for Terrorism
- 8 The Outlook for International Counterterrorism Law
- Index
3 - National Terrorism Legislation Worldwide
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- International Counterterrorism Law
- International Counterterrorism Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Defining Terrorism in International Law
- 2 The Key Components of International Counterterrorism Law
- 3 National Terrorism Legislation Worldwide
- 4 Prosecution of Terrorism Suspects in Domestic Courts
- 5 Counterterrorism Action under International Law
- 6 Prosecution of Terrorism as an International Crime
- 7 State Responsibility for Terrorism
- 8 The Outlook for International Counterterrorism Law
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 covers national criminal law on terrorism worldwide. A total of 188 States (of the total of 197 recognized by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his capacity as treaty depositary) have domestic legislation in place specifically criminalizing acts of terrorism. Despite certain commonalities, the definitions of these crimes are unique to each individual State. At the time of writing, only one State, Micronesia, had no dedicated legislative provisions on terrorism of any form in its domestic law. A further seven States – the Republic of Congo, Dominica, Eritrea, Kuwait, Sierra Leone, Suriname, and Yemen – repress the financing of terrorism with criminal sanction but do not also establish the perpetration of an act of terrorism as a distinct criminal offence.
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- International Counterterrorism Law , pp. 78 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024