I.P.O. research publication on the concept and definition of terrorism
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Edited by Hans Koechler Studies in International Relations,
XIII. Frankfurt a.M., Bern, New York: Peter Lang, 1988. The
book contains the papers presented at the International Conference on
the Question of Terrorism organized by the International Progress
Organization (Geneva, March 1987). The various research
papers
offer a new conceptual framework for the term "terrorism."
Examples of terrorist acts and their causes are being analyzed in regard
to the principles of international law and human rights. Particular
attention is given to the distinction between acts of terrorism and acts
of national resistance. The violence of the state ("state terrorism")
is compared to the "reactive" violence of national liberation
movements. On the basis of these analyses conclusions are drawn for a
more precise terminology in regard to terrorism and international law. |
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction
HANS KOECHLER,
President of the I.P.O., Austria
Opening speech
RICHARD FALK, Center of International Studies, Princeton University, USA
"The Overall Terrorist Challenge in International Political Life"
RAJAB BOUDABBOUS,
Chairman, Department of Philosophy, University
of Benghazi, Libya
"Terrorisme et anti-terrorisme"
"The
Dimensions of Terrorism"
SEAN MACBRIDE, S.C.,
Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland
"Nuclear Terrorism"
RAMSEY CLARK, Esq., forrner Attomey-General of the
II. History and Types of Terrorism
"On the Causes of Terrorism and Their Removal"
PHILIP A. THOMAS and
TONY STANDLEY, United Kingdom
"Classifying Terrorism"
BASSEY E. ATE, Nigeria
"Terrorism
in the Context of Decolonization"
III. State Terrorism
and Liberation Movements
MOHAMMED SID-AHMED,
Egypt
"The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Terrorism"
REED BRODY, USA
"U.S.-Sponsored Terrorism Against Nicaragua"
KADER ASMAL, South Africa
"Apartheid and Terrorism - The Case of Southern Africa"
FRANCIS BOYLE, USA
"The Outstanding Crisis Between the United States and Libya over
International Terrorism"
MICHAEL FARRELL, Ireland
"A
Permanent State of Emergency - The Suppression of the
Irish Nationalist Revolt in Northern Ireland"
PETER O'BRIEN, Australia
"The Media and the Western Conception of Terrorism"
ROBERT CHARVIN, France
"Conception occidentale du terrorisrne et manipulation d'opinion"
WILLIAM D. PERDUE, USA
"The
Selling of International Terrorism: The Reagan Administration, Israel and the
American Media"
V. The Question of
Terrorism within the Framework of
International Law
GERHARD STUBY, Germany
"Humanitarian International Law and International Terrorism"
LOUIS RENE BERES, USA
"The Question
of Terrorism Within the Framework of International Law"
AMAR BENTOUMI, Morocco
"Le terrorisme et la lutte armée au regard du droit international"
IGOR BLISHCHENKO, Soviet Union
"Acts of Terrorism Punishable under International Law"
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