Abstract
Everyone, it seems, is opposed to terrorism. Yet from the perspective of international law, not every insurgency is terroristic. Indeed, in a world that continues to deprive millions of individuals of the minimum standards of human dignity, certain insurgencies are fundamentally law-enforcing (a condition that should be especially familiar to all those who celebrate the American Revolution of 1776). With such facts as a starting point, this paper will identify the differences between lawful and unlawful insurgency under international law.
Recommended Citation
Louis René Beres,
Terrorism and International Law,
3 Fla. J. Int'l L.
(1988).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol3/iss3/1
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