Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84946-285-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 734 g

Reihe: Hart Monographs in Transnational and International Law

Every State has an obligation to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from its territory. This proposition stems from various multilateral agreements and UN Security Council resolutions. This study exhaustively addresses the scope of this obligation of prevention and the legal consequences flowing from its violation, so as to provide greater clarity on governments' counterterrorism duties and to enhance State accountability for preventable wrongs. It defines the contents and contours of the obligation while placing critical emphasis on the mechanics of State responsibility. Whether obscured by new technologies like the Internet, the sophisticated cellular structure of some terrorist organisations or convoluted political realities, the level of governmental involvement in terrorist activities is no longer readily discernible in every instance. Furthermore, the prospect of governments waging surrogate warfare through proxies also poses intractable challenges to the mechanism of attribution in the context of State responsibility.

This monograph sets out the shortcomings of the extant scheme of State responsibility while identifying a paradigm shift towards more indirect modes of accountability under international law, a trend corroborated by recent State and institutional practice. Drawing on varied legal and theoretical influences, the study devises and prescriptively argues for the implementation of a strict liability-inspired model grounded in the logic of indirect responsibility with a view to enhancing State compliance with counterterrorism obligations. This shifts the policy focus squarely to prevention, while promoting multilateralism and transnational cooperation. Ultimately, the legal and policy sensibilities underlying the book converge into a new theory of prevention in counterterrorism contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Proulx, Vincent-Joël

Proulx, Vincent-Joel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction I. Introductory Remarks II. Overview of Research Part I The International Response to 9/11 and Its Impact on the Law of State Responsibility Chapter 1: State Responsibility, Terrorism and International Law I. General Remarks: State Responsibility as a Complementary Solution II. Emergence of the Obligation of Prevention III. Counterterrorism Obligations after 9/11 and the Primary/Secondary Divide IV. The Shortcomings of State Responsibility Vis-a-vis Terrorism VI. Policy Relevance Chapter 2: The Impact of 9/11 on International Law and Beyond I. General Remarks II. Direct Versus Indirect Responsibility III. The Concept of Attribution IV. A Paradigm Shift: Towards a Law of Indirect Responsibility V. The Security Council's Posture Before and After 9/11 CONCLUSION TO PART I Part II Rethinking State Responsibility After 9/11: Defining the Scope of States' Counterterrorism Obligations and Implementing a Model to Ensure Compliance with Those Obligations Introduction Chapter 3: Unity Through Vagueness: The Challenges of Devising General Rules of Responsibility I. Introduction II. Alternative Response: Causation III. Developing Guidelines and General Principles for Fact-Intensive, Fact-Specific Phenomena IV. Doing Away with Attribution: Towards a Model of Strict Liability? V. Conclusion Chapter 4: Rethinking the Rationale Underlying State Responsibility for Terrorism: Trans-substantive Rules, Domestic Analogies and the Rationalist Agenda I. Introduction II. Revisiting Trans-substantive Rules III. The Temporal Element of the Breach of an International Obligation IV. Drawing on Legal Traditions and Domestic Law Analogies to Inform the Law of State Responsibility V. Mitigating Tensions: Implementing a Model Inspired by Strict Liability VI. Conclusion: Consolidating Rationalist Theories and State Responsibility Chapter 5: Implementing a Two-tiered Strict Liability-infused Model I. Introduction II. A Two-tiered Strict Liability Mechanism III. Other Advantages of a Strict Liability Model IV. Content of the Obligation of Prevention V. Conclusion: A Partial Politico-Legal Solution Lying at the Heart of International Law CONCLUSION TO PART II

Über Autor(innen)

Proulx, Vincent-Joel
Vincent-Joël Proulx is an Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Ontario Bar.

Vincent-Joel Proulx is a Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Ontario Bar.