Counter-Terrorism Strategies in a Fragmented International Legal Order

Introduction: the fragmented international legal response to terrorism; Part I. Improving International Co-operation in the Investigation and Prosecution of Terrorist Acts: 1. A snapshot of international criminal justice co-operation in the fight against terrorism since 9/11; 2. Terrorist crimes and the Aut Dedere Aut Judicare obligation; 3. The need for a multilateral co-operative framework for mutual legal assistance; 4. The role of regional organisations in promoting co-operation on counter-terrorism matters: the European and African institutions in a comparative perspective; 5. Lessons of the European Arrest Warrant; 6. Intelligent co-operation versus evidence collection and dissemination; 7. International co-operation in counteracting terrorist financing; 8. The international regulation of the use of force: the politics of interpretative method; Part II. The Use of Force against Terrorists: 9. The role of the UN Security Council in relation to the use of force against terrorists; 10. Self-defence against terrorists: the meaning of armed attack; 11. Anticipatory self-defence against terrorists; 12. The necessity and proportionality of anti-terrorist self-defence; Part III. Intersection between International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in the Fight against Terrorism: 13. Armed conflict and terrorist organisations; 14. Extra-territorial application of the rights to life and personal liberty, including habeas corpus during situations of armed conflict; 15. Harmony or conflict? The interplay between human rights law and international humanitarian law in the fight against terrorism; 16. The legal regime governing treatment and procedural guarantees for persons detained in the fight against terrorism; 17. The legal regime governing the use of lethal force in the fight against terrorism; 18. The legal regime governing transfer of persons in the fight against terrorism; 19. Terrorism as a crime in international law and domestic law open issues; 20. All necessary measures? Reconciling international legal regimes governing peace and security and the protection of persons in the realm of counter-terrorism and international law; Appendix: Leiden Policy Recommendations on Counter-terrorism and International Law.