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Prohibition of terrorist acts in international humanitarian law*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Hans-Peter Gasser
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This paper deals with the provisions of contemporary international humanitarian law which prohibit “terrorist acts”, commonly referred to, simply, as “terrorism”.

Since the paper is mainly of a descriptive nature, experts in international humanitarian law will learn little that is new. But if it succeeds in highlighting one specific aspect of the well-known obligations and prohibitions set forth in the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols—namely, the absolute and unconditional ban on terrorism—the objective will be attained. A few basic facts will then have been recalled which should make it somewhat easier to tackle the complex questions as to the essence and legal bounds of guerrilla warfare.

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Research Article
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 26 , Issue 253 , August 1986 , pp. 200 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1986

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Footnotes

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This paper was presented at the 11th Round Table on Current Problems of International Humanitarian Law, San Remo (9-14 September 1985). A slightly adapted version has been published, in German, in “Völkerrecht im Dienste des Menschen”, Festgabe Hans Haug, ed. Haupt, Bern and Stuttgart, 1986.