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Chinese Journal of International Law Advance Access published online on April 26, 2005
Chinese Journal of International Law, doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jmi005
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Definition of "Terrorism" in the UN Security Council: 1985-2004

Ben Saul 1*

1 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Ben Saul, E-mail: b.saul{at}unsw.edu.au


  Abstract

International debate about the problems of defining terrorism historically centred on the General Assembly. Yet, between 1985 and 2001, the Security Council adopted a range of measures addressing terrorist threats to peace and security, and analysis of the incidents involved reveals much about the Council's understanding of "terrorism". After September 2001, problems of definition became acute, since the Council adopted general legislative measures against terrorism--with serious legal consequences--without defining it. The Council has encouraged States to unilaterally define terrorism in national law, permitting wide and divergent definitions. A non-binding Council definition of late 2004 fails to remedy the serious difficulties caused by the lack of an operative definition in Council practice.


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