This item was included in the agenda of the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly, in 1972, further to an initiative of the Secretary-General (A/8791, Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1). At that session ...

It’s time to rethink how we label terrorism. In congressional testimony two weeks ago, Christopher Wray, the Trump-appointed director of our FBI, explained that the threat of white nationalist ...

Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan stated that domestic terrorism is “absolutely” a bigger threat than international terrorism on Sunday. “Is it fair to say that you want ...

Ignacio De La Rasilla Del Moral is currently on research leave awarded by Brunel University London to elaborate a research project on International Courts and Tribunals. He is affiliated with Brunel ...

The misapprehension highlighted the militant group’s complexity and raised new questions about the scope and ambitions of international terrorism. The recently-released 2015 Global Terrorism Index ...

Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization that since 1978 has reported on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in more than 70 countries around the world. We are ...

Proactive leadership is crucial for implementing strategic plans, while swift judicial reforms are needed to handle terrorism cases more effectively The recent wave of terrorist attacks in Jammu and ...

Steve Inskeep talks with Karen Greenberg, Director of Fordham University's Center on National Security, about defining terrorism, what it means to call an act domestic versus international terrorism ...

Analysts have overlooked the significant economic impact on the Russian economy if the United States designates Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. The latest actions by Russia, including its attack ...

The idea that a person labelled as a terrorist by one may be considered a freedom fighter by another, needs to be discarded The recent events in the Red Sea, involving the targeting of an Israeli ship ...

Early Sunday, on one of the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a suicide attacker blew up his explosives-packed car in a humming shopping district in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad; as of ...