The necessity of terrorism inclusion in the category of international crimes stricto sensu

• Author: Gavril Paraschiv
• Position: University - Romania
• Pages: 155-159

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No. 4 (2013), pp. 155-159

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THE NECESSITY OF TERRORISM INCLUSION IN THE CATEGORY

OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES STRICTO SENSU

G. Paraschiv

Gavril Paraschiv

Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Craiova,

“Spiru Haret” University, Romania

*Correspondence: Gavril Paraschiv, Râmnicu Vâlcea, 30 General Magheru St., Vâlcea,

Romania

E-mail: gavril.paraschiv@yahoo.com

Abstract

Terrorism is a process of inducing fear on the population, by means of repeated

violent actions, used by the individuals, groups or state actors, for criminal motives or

political claims, whose aims, unlike assassinations, do not represent the main targets. The

unmediated victims of violence, are generally chosen randomly or selectively (representative

or symbolic targets), from a certain population. Terrorist acts generate messages and the

threat and violence, as a communication process between the terrorist (organization),

immediate victims and main targets, are used in order to terrify and manipulate the

population, which is transformed in a target of terror, a target of demands or a target of

attention, depending on the target pursued: intimidation, coercion or propaganda

Keywords: terrorism, international cooperation, reglementation, repression,

international criminal law

Introduction

International criminal law– formed of internal legal norms, some adopted in

conformity with international conventions – defends the internal order of every state, but also

contributes to the defense of international legal order, the acts that combine to form its

structure also having an element of extraneity, which may refer to: place of committing the

acts or of producing their consequences, the nationality of the perpetrators, the place where

they are after committing the offenses etc.

Unlike the above-mentioned, the international criminal law represents the set of

regulations, recognized in international relations, which target the defense of international

legal or social order by repressing the violations brought to precepts of public international

law

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. Terrorism - international crime stricto sensu?

Being the distinct branch of public international law, the international criminal law is

called upon to protect, by sanctioning the persons guilty of having committed serious

offenses, the peace and security of the entire humanity, the development of relations between

states in accordance with the norms of law and morality, the existence and perenity of certain

fundamental values of humanity

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In the framework of preoccupations of a legal nature of the different international

forums we may also include the elaboration of studies and international convention projects

1

Glaser St., Droit international pénal conventionnel, tome I

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, Etablissements Emile Bruylant, Brusells, 1970, p.

16-17.

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Paraschiv D. t., „Consideraii p rivind dreptul internaional penal”, in „Dreptul românesc în contextul

european - Aspecte teoretice i practice”, Sitech Publishing, Craiova, 20 08, p. 100-105.