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The purpose of this piece is limited to an overview of the various different ways in which international law seeks to combat terrorism. The UN Security Council, the General Assembly, and the Secretary-General have engaged extensively with the issue of terrorism. Although negotiations on a comprehensive terrorism treaty are ongoing, it is admittedly with limited success. One might ask whether the more appropriate route to take would be to encourage ratifications of the existing treatises rather than to expend diplomatic energy on what might be impossible. Where terrorism is subsumed under other international crimes, the considerations that apply to international crimes apply equally to any terrorist offences that fall under that rubric. In opposition to this, some scholars, like Antonio Cassese, believe that terrorism has matured into a fully-fledged international crime in its own right. However, so far, States and international organisations dealing with terrorism have used the mechanisms of transnational, rather than international, criminality.
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