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Defining Terrorism


Defining Terrorism | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT

The author looks at how terrorists, mass and social media, national governments, the United Nations, and members from academia have tried to define terrorism.

Terrorism | Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI

The FBI is committed to remaining agile in its approach to the terrorism threat, which has continued to evolve since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Definitions of Terrorism and the Canadian Context - Memorializing ...

According to Grob-Fitzgerald (2005), terrorism can be broken down into four broad forms: national terrorism – terrorist activities involving ...

Counter-Terrorism Module 4 Key Issues: Defining Terrorism

The implications of the absence of a universal definition of terrorism for legal purposes are wide-ranging. One is that the lack of a definition may faciliate ...

Terrorism | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

The hope of the terrorist is that the sense of terror these acts engender will induce the population to pressure political leaders toward a ...

3 Defining Terrorism: a conceptual minefield - Oxford Academic

It was only after the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001 (“9/11”) that most states considered enacting “terrorism” offences, spurred ...

FBI and Terrorism | Office of Justice Programs

The FBI is the lead agency for operational response to domestic terrorism and also has responsibility for some terrorist actions against Americans overseas.

Inside Terrorism - The New York Times

`We don't see ourselves as terrorists,' Fadlallah explains, `because we don't believe in terrorism. We don't see resisting the occupier as a terrorist action.

OHCHR and terrorism and violent extremism

OHCHR develops guidance and carries out research on contemporary issues related to human rights and counter-terrorism, such as the use of technology while ...

Defining Terrorism

It approaches the definition of terrorism from five angles: (i) by focusing on the history of terrorism; (ii) by focusing on the psychology of 'terror' (the ...

Definition of Terrorism - Social and Political Effects - JMVH

Key words used were “terrorism” (plus derivatives such as “terror”, “terrorist, etc)” and “definition” (plus derivatives such as “define”, “defining”, etc).

Defining Terrorism in International Law - GlobaLex

While terrorist offences are now very common in national laws, definitions of terrorism remain startlingly diverse. This article examines the main international ...

Database Scope - RAND

Excerpt from Defining Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman: “. . . We may therefore now attempt to define terrorist as the deliberate creation and exploitation of ...

Definition of terrorism - Wikipedia

The United Nations General Assembly condemned terrorist acts by using the following political description of terrorism in December 1994 (GA Res. 49/60):.

Defining Terrorism - Columbia International Affairs Online

'Bigger the network, more the mileage' is the key to terrorist operations. Individual acts of terror without political purpose is not terrorism, but ...

Defining Terrorism as the Peacetime Equivalent of War Crimes

Response to International Terrorism in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attacks in America and the Problem of the Definition of Terrorism in. International Law, 4 ...

defining terrorism: is one man's terrorist another man's freedom ...

Even if its declared ultimate goals are legitimate, an organization that deliberately targets civilians is a terrorist organization. Keywords: Terrorism; ...

Domestic Terrorism: Definitions, Terminology, and Methodology - FBI

Standard definitions of terminology related to domestic terrorism and uniform methodologies for tracking domestic terrorism incidents.

terrorism | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

terrorist group: 22 U.S. Code § 2656f - Annual country reports on terrorism. The following are some relevant examples of those definitions from various major ...

Module 1 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, international support for more effective counter-terrorism measures and responses has led to greater ...