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Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria.
International law, as a discipline, is obsessed with crises, requiring reinterpretation of its basic principles to cope with them. Through this process of reinterpretation, it also creates new rules. Terrorism is one such ‘crisis’ which has impacted the international legal framework on the use o...
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| author | Hassan, Sara Ayman Mohamed |
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| description | International law, as a discipline, is obsessed with crises, requiring reinterpretation of its basic principles to cope with them. Through this process of reinterpretation, it also creates new rules. Terrorism is one such ‘crisis’ which has impacted the international legal framework on the use of force, making it deviate from its basis established by the United Nations Charter. This thesis conducts a macro analysis of the changes in the legal framework for combating terrorism after 9/11 and the Arab Spring. It focuses on the Syrian conflict as a case study, analyzing the major actors and their different legal justifications. The Syrian conflict is a clear prototype of the changes that started to take place after 9/11. The development in the legal framework governing the use of force happened in three dimensions. The first is the broadening of existing rules (such as favoring a purpose-oriented interpretation of self-defense to include new forms such as anticipatory and pre-emptive self-defense). The second dimension is the creation of new rules through state practice that replaced existing codified ones, in an attempt to avoid the deadlock of the Security Council (SC) veto. For example, the “unwilling and unable†standard is used to justify unilateral interventions without the SC authorization to fight terrorists in other states. A third dimension is the gradual decline of the use of collective security under the UN system, giving way to unilateral action by States. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1183 Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. Hassan, Sara Ayman Mohamed International law, as a discipline, is obsessed with crises, requiring reinterpretation of its basic principles to cope with them. Through this process of reinterpretation, it also creates new rules. Terrorism is one such ‘crisis’ which has impacted the international legal framework on the use of force, making it deviate from its basis established by the United Nations Charter. This thesis conducts a macro analysis of the changes in the legal framework for combating terrorism after 9/11 and the Arab Spring. It focuses on the Syrian conflict as a case study, analyzing the major actors and their different legal justifications. The Syrian conflict is a clear prototype of the changes that started to take place after 9/11. The development in the legal framework governing the use of force happened in three dimensions. The first is the broadening of existing rules (such as favoring a purpose-oriented interpretation of self-defense to include new forms such as anticipatory and pre-emptive self-defense). The second dimension is the creation of new rules through state practice that replaced existing codified ones, in an attempt to avoid the deadlock of the Security Council (SC) veto. For example, the “unwilling and unable†standard is used to justify unilateral interventions without the SC authorization to fight terrorists in other states. A third dimension is the gradual decline of the use of collective security under the UN system, giving way to unilateral action by States. 2016-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/184 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1183/viewcontent/LLM_20Thesis.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Terrorism use of force |
| spellingShingle | Terrorism use of force Hassan, Sara Ayman Mohamed Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. |
| title | Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. |
| title_full | Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. |
| title_fullStr | Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. |
| title_short | Terrorism:an analysis of the international legal framework, international and regional responses case study: Syria. |
| title_sort | terrorism an analysis of the international legal framework international and regional responses case study syria |
| topic | Terrorism use of force |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/184 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1183/viewcontent/LLM_20Thesis.pdf |
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