Oxford LibGuides: International Criminal Law: Terrorism

Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism

International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
1316 UNTS 205. EIF 3 June 1983, in accordance with article 18(2).
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
2149 UNTS 256 EIF 23 May 2001, in accordance with article 22
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
2178 UNTS 197 EIF 10 April 2002, in accordance with article 26
International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
2445 UNTS 89. EIF 7 July 2007, in accordance with article 25(1).
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries
2163 UNTS 75 EIF 20 October 2001, in accordance with article 19(1).
UN Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996
Part of UN's official website. (1997–2013)
Resolution 2354 (2017)Urging Use of New International Framework to Counter Terrorist Narratives
Adopted by UN Security Council at its 7949th meeting, on 24 May 2017
Pdf download from official UN website S/RES/2354 (2017)
SHERLOC
The SHERLOC portal is an initiative to facilitate the dissemination of information regarding the implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the three Protocols thereto and the international legal framework against terrorism.
Research Guide to Cases and Materials on Terrorism
Open Access research guide part of Globalex

Boutin: Do Counter-Terrorism Measures Work? Appraising the Long-Term and Global Effectiveness of Security Policies
SSRN T.M.C. Asser Institute for International & European Law, Policy Brief 2018-03

The 'War on Terror' and the Framework of International Law by Helen Duffy
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9781107601727
Publication Date: 2nd edn 2015
Print copy is at Internat 580 D858a2
Counter-Terrorism: international law and practice by Ana-Maria Salinas De Frias (Editor); Katja Samuel; Nigel White
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 019960892X
Publication Date: 2012
Print copy at Internat 580 S165.5a. The Social Science Library has a lending copy at KZ7220.COU 2012
The Dynamics of Radicalization by Eitan Y. Alimi; Chares Demetriou; Lorenzo Bosi
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780199937707
Publication Date: 2015
Print copy could be requested from CSF if preferred.
The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism by Erica Chenoweth (Editor); Richard English (Editor); Andreas Gofas (Editor); Stathis N. Kalyvas (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780198732914
Publication Date: 2019
Print copy is in SSL at HV6431.OXF 2019
Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law by Colin King (Editor); Clive Walker (Editor); Jimmy Gurulé (Editor)
Call Number: General 510 K51.8b
ISBN: 9783319644974
Publication Date: 2018
Print copy in 2 volumes
Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism by Genevieve Lennon (Editor); Clive Walker (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9781138103856
Publication Date: 2017
Terrorism and International Law: Accountability, Remedies, and Reform by Elizabeth Stubbins Bates; I. B. A. Task Force on Terrorism; Richard Goldstone; Eugene Cotran; Gijs de Vries; Julia A. Hall; Juan E. Méndez; Javaid Rehman
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 9780199589180
Publication Date: 2011
Print copy is at Internat 580 I60.9b

Research Guide to Cases and Materials on Terrorism
Free online research guide by Andrew Grossman (2017)

Ethics in Counter-Terrorism by Magdalena Badde-Revue (Editor); Marie-des-Neiges Ruffo de Calabre (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9789004357808
Publication Date: 2018
Why Not Torture Terrorists? by Yuval Ginbar
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0199540918
Publication Date: 2008 reprinted 2012
Print copy is at Internat 570 G491.8a
Detention in the 'War on Terror' : can human rights fight back? by Fiona de Londras
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0521197600
Publication Date: 2011
Print copy is at Internat 570 D361a
Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict by Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0198749929
Publication Date: 2016
Print copy is at Internat 750 H649.3a

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