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nreo:canonicalLabel "terrorism" (en)
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skos:definition "The use of organized intimidation; a policy intended to strike with terror <br/>those against whom it is adopted; the employment of methods of intimidation; <br/>the fact of terrorizing or condition of being terrorized.<br/>
The United Nations High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change <br/>(Ref. [44], p. 183) has stated the following: <br/>
“164. That definition of 'terrorism' should include the following elements: (a) <br/>recognition, in the preamble, that State use of force against civilians is regulated <br/>by the Geneva Conventions and other instruments, and, if of sufficient scale, <br/>constitutes a war crime by the persons concerned or a crime against humanity; <br/>(b) restatement that acts under the 12 preceding anti-terrorism conventions are <br/>'terrorism', and a declaration that they are a crime under international law; and <br/>restatement that 'terrorism' in time of armed conflict is prohibited by the Geneva <br/>Conventions and Protocols; (c) reference to the definitions contained in the <br/>1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of <br/>Terrorism and Security Council resolution 1566 (2004); (d) description of <br/>'terrorism' as “any action, in addition to actions already specified by the existing <br/>conventions on aspects of 'terrorism', the Geneva Conventions and Security <br/>Council resolution 1566 (2004), that is intended to cause death or serious bodily <br/>harm to civilians or non-combatants, when the purpose of such act, by its nature <br/>or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a Government or an <br/>international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act”. <br/>See http://www.un.org/secureworld/report2.pdf<br/>
[<i><b>nuclear terrorism.</b></i> 'Terrorism' involving 'nuclear material'.] (See 'nuclear'.)<br/>" (en)
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