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The International Criminal Court & Terrorism

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The purpose of this paper is to explore what role the International Criminal Court
(hereinafter: ICC) might play in combating terrorism in terms of international law
enforcement. In 2009 a review conference will take place to consider whether the Rome
Statute should be amended. I argue in this paper that the ICCs subject matter jurisdiction
should be extended to encompass crimes of terrorism. I propose amendments to the ICC
Statute with an express provision condemning and penalizing crimes of terrorism.
The first part of this paper presents a short overview of the most important features of
the ICC. It also assesses the current international legislative materials concerning terrorism
and summarizes how terrorism has changed within the last few decades. Part II of the paper
focuses on the role of the ICC in dealing with International crimes. Finally, part III will offer
some analyzes whether the current subject matter jurisdiction of the ICC presents an adequate
framework to prosecute terrorists. This part suggests an explicit provision for crimes of
terrorism consisting of already existing anti-terrorist conventions as well a definition of
terrorism.

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to Extend Its Jurisdiction to Terrorism and a Dismissal of U.S.
Objections, 13 Temp. Intl & Comp.L.J. (1999.

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