Terrorism and the International Humanitarian Law

Abstract

Terrorism is a real scourge of nowadays and is a great threat to states and the world community. Almost every week terrorist acts are committed in a comer of the globe, striking innocent people who accidentally turned up in the place of the tragedy. In this article the problem of terrorism in international and non-intemational armed conflicts is considered. Such acts of terrorism are regulated by international humanitarian law (IHL).

Keywords

• международное гуманитарное право (мгп)
• терроризм
• террористический акт
• вооруженный конфликт
• запрещенные методы ведения войны
• international humanitarian law (ihl)
• terrorism
• an act of terrorism
• armed conflict
• prohibited methods of warfare