The UN reform and the definition of terrorism

Exposé Politique & international Relations internationales

Date de publication :

20/05/2006

Langue :

Anglais

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Nombre de pages :

10 pages

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Defining terrorism in international law: a necessity and an opportunity
1. The political semantics of the discourse on terrorism
2. The needs for a synthetic definition in international law: towards the 2005 World Summit
The reasons of the failure
1. 'Terrorists' or 'freedom fighters'?
2. Inter-State rivalry: defining terrorism as a State resource
Perspectives: the failure of defining terrorism as a setback for the UN multilateralism?
1. Is the UN still capable of action? The Security Council's role
2. Terrorism and the politics of 'macro-securitisation'

Résumé :

Therefore, this paper has three aims. The first is to introduce the semantic and political implications of defining terrorism within the United Nations: what would a definition of terrorism in such an international organization mean? Is that even thinkable? What would such an agreement imply? The second aim is to determine the concrete reasons of the failure, that is to say the very contradictions (among the UN principles on the first hand, and among States members on the other hand) it highlighted. The last aim of this paper is to analyse how the UN can act (and actually acts) against terrorism after such a failure: in the new global trend of securitization implied by the so-called 'war on terror', what would be the role of the UN, and which value would have the definition of terrorism in such a context?