Terrorism

There is an increasing number of laws in different branches of public international law which are directly or indirectly relevant to confronting terrorism. There is also a proliferating body of 'soft law' addressing terrorism, stemming particularly from UN organs, specialized international bodies, and regional organizations. International anti-terrorism measures existed long before September 11, 2001 and have increased markedly since. Legal efforts aimed at curbing terrorism stem from a wide variety of sources, over a substantial period of time, and it is timely to draw the key documents together into a single reference work. Bringing the documents together preserves them for future reference and also enables scholars, practitioners, and students to more easily and quickly compare and contrast various documents. This book is comprehensive in coverage - thematically, organizationally, geographically, and temporally - and open to a balance of sources - hard and soft - but is nonetheless