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Terrorism in a High-Tech Society: Legal Aspects and Contemporary Methods of Preventing and Countering Terrorist Activity
Terrorism in a High-Tech Society: Legal Aspects and Contemporary Methods of Preventing and Countering Terrorist Activity
Pages 233-244
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Humanity's entrance into the twenty-first century is significantly clouded by the growth of terrorist danger. Each year, hundreds of people fall victim to terrorist acts.
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These provisions include obligations to suppress terrorist acts, including to disarm and detain persons suspected or found guilty of perpetrating such acts, to exchange appropriate information, and to provide the maximum degree of mutual legal assistance. Undoubtedly, there is great significance in the convention provisions calling on signatories to ensure inevitable punishment for criminals by affirming so-called universal criminal jurisdiction based on the principle of aut dedere aut judicare.
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They are aimed at the Taliban movement, which refuses to comply with the demands of the Security Council regarding the termination of support for terrorism on the territory it controls in Afghanistan. Among other points, the sanction limitations call on the Taliban to stop granting asylum to international terrorists and their organizations, to hand over Osama bin Laden, and to close all terrorist training camps.
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It contains urgent strategic and practical measures that should be undertaken by states in the area of antiterrorist cooperation. These include the following: strengthening the legal bases for international cooperation in the struggle against terrorism by fully implementing existing antiterrorist conventions and ratifying new agreements; improving coordination among governments and international and regional organizations; facilitating coordinated activities to protect citizens from attempted terrorist acts; preventing and suppressing acts of terrorism; ensuring the inevitability of punishment for terrorists; and preventing the granting of asylum to them.
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Specifically with regard to the possible use of computer systems by terrorists to accomplish their goals, these elements include the prevention of terrorist acts aimed at the electronic and computer infrastructure. In recent times, it seems that fresh impulses to breathe new life into global cooperation in fighting terrorism have come primarily from efforts being undertaken on the regional level.
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Conference participants included parliamentary delegations from CIS Interparliamentary Assembly member states; leaders and staff of law enforcement, military, and security agencies of CIS members; representatives of international organizations; and prominent scholars. The results of the conference demonstrate that today, within the framework of the CIS, a defined system of norms and rules has been created to regulate cooperation among the law enforcement agencies of CIS member states in combating international terrorism and other manifestations of extremism.
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They will also continue joint work in support of further efforts aimed at developing an effective monitoring mechanism with regard to sanctions imposed by the Security Council with the goal of spurring the Taliban to stop supporting terrorism and to close terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. Current international cooperation in the fight against terrorism is developing in a relatively dynamic fashion.
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It is important not to permit the development of negative tendencies toward concealing from justice persons suspected of committing or being involved in terrorist acts because they are of a certain ethnicity or hold particular religious or other convictions. Otherwise, the very foundations of antiterrorist cooperation will be placed in doubt its effectiveness, the inevitability of responsibility for illegal actions, and ultimately the confidence of states in one another.
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The theme of including the media in mobilizing international public opinion in the struggle against terrorism and possibly even in developing appropriate international recommendations obviously merits a separate study. However, the social delirium of terrorism cannot be eliminated through propaganda efforts alone.
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The law outlines jurisdictions and assigns general parameters for coordinating the efforts of law enforcement agencies and intelligence services of the Russian Federation in combating terrorism, along with general methods and means of conducting counterterrorist operations. The law regulates questions of compensation for damages resulting from terrorist acts and deals with the social rehabilitation of victims of acts of terrorism.
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