Full Description
The events of 11 September 2001 have provoked reactions to fight ter rorist activities in national legal orders all over the world. They have also led to significant developments in international law with respect to combating terrorism by military and non-military action. In order to study and discuss these newer developments of the worldwide cam paign against terrorism the Max-Planck-Institute on Comparative Pub lic law and International Law organized a Conference entitled «Terror ism as a Challenge for National and International Law", which was held in Heidelberg on 24 and 25 January 2003. In preparation of the conference national reports had been written, in which the legal developments in selected countries and legal orders be fore and after 11 September 2001 were analyzed. The aim was on the one hand to visualize specific problems of counter-terrorist action on the national level and on the other hand to focus on possible structural changes in the legislation of the states concerned. The national reports were used as a basis for comparative presentations at the conference which analyzed the development concerning certain subject matters, such as the definition of terrorism, human rights protection etc. To ini tialize the discussiop and for the examination of the theses set up in the papers renowned scholars from Germany and abroad had been asked to commentate on the presentations. This volume contains the material prepared for the conference.
Contents
I. Introductory Part.- Behavioural and Social Science Perspectives on Political Violence.- Defining Terrorism in National and International Law.- Comments on the Presentation by Christian Walter.- II. National Law and the Fight against Terrorism.- 1. Presentations at the Conference.- Limitations on Privacy, Freedom of Press, Opinion and Assembly as a Means of Fighting Terrorism.- Comments on the Presentation by Heike Krieger.- Specific Methods of Prosecuting Terrorists in National Law.- Comments on the Presentation by Stefanie Schmahl.- The Relevance of International Human Rights Standards for Prosecuting Terrorists.- Comments on the Presentation by Anja Seibert-Fohr.- 2. Country Reports.- Country Report on Canada.- Country Report on the European Union.- Country Report on France.- Country Report on Germany.- The Islamic World and the Fight against Terrorism.- Country Report on Israel.- Country Report on Italy.- Country Report on Japan.- Country Report on Russia.- Country Report on Spain.- Country Report on Turkey.- Country Report on the United Kingdom.- Country Report on the USA.- Legal Status of State Sponsors of Terrorism in US Law.- III. International Law and the Fight against Terrorism.- The Role of International Conventions and General International Law in the Fight against International Terrorism.- Comment on the Presentation by Volker Röben.- "Nicaragua is dead, long live Nicaragua" — the Right to Self-defence Under Art. 51 UN-Charter and International Terrorism.- The Rise and Fall of Collective Security: Terrorism, US Hegemony, and the Plight of the Security Council.- Comments on the Presentations by Nico Krisch and Carsten Stahn.- Comments on the Presentations by Nico Krisch and Carsten Stahn.- The Fight against Terrorism and the Rules of the Law ofWarfare.- Between Crime Prevention or Prosecution and the Laws of War: Are the Traditional Categories of International Law Adequate for Assessing the Use of Force against International Terrorism?.- IV. Annex: Related Documents (International Conventions, Security Council Resolutions, etc.) 987.- 1. Universal Anti-Terrorist Conventions 987.- Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (14.9.1963).- Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (16.12.1970).- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (23.9.1971).- Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation (24.2.1988).- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons (14.12.1973).- International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (18.12.1979).- Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (3.3.1980).- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (10.3.1988).- Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (10.3.1988).- Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Identification (1.3.1991).- International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing (15.12.1997).- International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (9.12.1999).- Draft Comprehensive Convention (Report of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996 plus Annex I, II, III).- 2. Regional Anti-Terrorist Conventions.- European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (27.1.1977).- Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on Combating Terrorism.- Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (3.6.2002).- The Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism (22.4.1998).- Convention of the Organisation of The Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism (1.7.1999).- 3. Security Council Resolutions.- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999).- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1333 (2000).- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368 (2001).- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001).- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1377.- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1390.- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441.- 4. Other Related Documents.- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1.7.1968).- Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (12.8.1949).- Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (12.8.1949).- Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) (12.12.1977).- Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001).- List of Contributors.
