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Part VI Key Issues in Times of Armed Conflict, Ch.23 Terrorism

Andrea Bianchi, Yasmin Naqvi

From: The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict

Edited By: Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta, Tom Haeck (Assistant Editor), Alice Priddy (Assistant Editor)

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Law
Published in print:
13 March 2014
ISBN:
9780199559695

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 02 December 2023

Subject(s):
Terrorism — Armed conflict — Geneva Conventions 1949
The belief that international humanitarian law (IHL) may provide a suitable legal framework for the regulation of international terrorism and responses thereto is fairly widespread. After all, IHL clearly prohibits acts of terrorism, it revolves around the principles that civilians and their property must be protected, that a distinction must be made between civilian and military objectives and that unnecessary suffering must be prevented. Most, if not all, acts of terrorism would violate these fundamental principles. Moreover, IHL lays down specific rules...
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