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More than ever before International Humanitarian Law needs to find new solutions to new types of conflicts. The current state of the fight against terrorism is without doubt one of the new problems facing international society and one of the concerns of International Humanitarian Law. This volume offers reflections on the international legal theory of terrorism, international responsibility, the obligation to prevent terrorist acts, terrorism in armed conflicts, the responses to terrorism by regional international organizations and the legal limits to the fight against terrorism.The contributors consist of academics (and politicians) from Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Israel , as well as from Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and a representative for the Organisation of American States, The book thus contains a wide, multidisciplinary debate, with an emphasis on a Mediterranean perspective. In addition to examining all aspects of international terrorism, the objective of the symposium which gave rise to these essays was to establish some guidelines, in the form of a Declaration, to serve as the basis for the UN's High Level Group for the Alliance of Civilisations on the subject of international terrorism. This overall objective was achieved with the adoption of the "Huelva Declaration for an Alliance of Civilisations against Terrorism", the text of which is included at the end of this book.
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International Legal Dimension of Terrorism International Humanitarian Law Series VOLUME 23 Editors-in-Chief Professor Christopher Greenwood Professor Timothy L.H. McCormack Editorial Advisory Board Professor Georges Abi-Saab H.E. Judge George H. Aldrich Madame Justice Louise Arbour Professor Ove Bring Professor Antonio Cassese Professor John Dugard Professor Dr. Horst Fischer Dr. Hans-Peter Gasser Professor Leslie C. Green H.E. Judge Geza Herczegh Professor Frits Kalshoven Professor Ruth Lapidoth Professor Gabrielle Kirk McDonald H.E. Judge Theodor Meron Captain J. Ashley Roach Professor Michael Schmitt Professor Jiri Toman The International Humanitarian Law Series is a series of monographs and edited volumes which aims to promote scholarly analysis and discussion of both the theory and practice of the international legal regulation of armed conflict. The series explores substantive issues of International Humanitarian Law including, – protection for victims of armed conflict and regulation of the means and methods of warfare – questions of application of the various legal regimes for the conduct of armed conflict – issues relating to the implementation of International Humanitarian Law obligations – national and international approaches to the enforcement of the law and – the interactions between International Humanitarian Law and other related areas of international law such as Human Rights, Refugee Law, Arms Control and Disarmament Law, and International Criminal Law. The titles in this series are listed at the end of this volume. International Legal Dimension of Terrorism Edited by Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez LEIDEN • BOSTON 2009 On the cover: Bodies of victims are evacuated after a train exploded near the Atocha train station in Madrid March . At least peoople were killed and some injured early March . Copyright ANP, The Netherlands Printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data International legal dimension of terrorism / edited by Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez. p. cm. — (International humanitarian law series ; v. 23) ISBN 978-90-04-17053-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Terrorism. 2. Terrorism—Prevention. I. Fernández Sánchez, Pablo Antonio. K5256.I59 2009 345’.02—dc22 2008045760 issn: - isbn: