CURRENT ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN REGULATING COUNTER-INSURGENCY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM

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Mária Bordás

https://doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v3_i4_p1

Abstract

The study sheds light on the current tendencies if the international law on warfare can successfully be applied in the practical reality in the progress of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism efforts. There have been two phenomena identified recently in the warfare which are endangering public security and public safety of the democratic states of the world: terrorism and insurgency. Both of them mean a threat and violation to the population and the government authorities. It has been queried in the military literature whether these new forms of warfare should be handled by military engagements or law enforcement. This is, nevertheless, not just a dilemma of the strategy how to combat against it, but should be, at the same time, in accordance with the international legal regulations, too.

Keywords: International Law, Counter-Insurgency Regulation, Counter-Terrorism Regulation

How to cite this paper: Bordás, M. (2014). Current issues of international law in regulating counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism. Journal of Governance and Regulation, 3(4), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v3_i4_p1