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General Assembly resolutions first aimed to remove the causes of terrorism then later to eliminate it. The Security Council first imposed sanctions on states that failed to cooperate in the punishment of terrorism and later authorized the use of force against terrorists. United Nations conventions has criminalized several species of terrorism, but not terrorism in general. There is an emerging criminalization in customary international law. Several United Nations bodies supervise the ways in which nation states combat terrorism. These responses have been justified as necessary to protect human rights and preserve international peace. They have generally respected the sovereignty of nation states and the obligation to avoid any violation of the human rights of individual persons.
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Wellman, C. (2013). International Responses. In: Terrorism and Counterterrorism. SpringerBriefs in Law, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6007-3_4
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