Terrorism as a Challenge for National and International Law: Security versus Liberty?

I. Introductory Part.- Behavioural and Social Science Perspectives on Political Violence.- Defining Terrorism in National and International Law.- Comments on the Presentation by Christian Walter.- II. National Law and the Fight against Terrorism.- 1. Presentations at the Conference.- Limitations on Privacy, Freedom of Press, Opinion and Assembly as a Means of Fighting Terrorism.- Comments on the Presentation by Heike Krieger.- Specific Methods of Prosecuting Terrorists in National Law.- Comments on the Presentation by Stefanie Schmahl.- The Relevance of International Human Rights Standards for Prosecuting Terrorists.- Comments on the Presentation by Anja Seibert-Fohr.- 2. Country Reports.- Country Report on Canada.- Country Report on the European Union.- Country Report on France.- Country Report on Germany.- The Islamic World and the Fight against Terrorism.- Country Report on Israel.- Country Report on Italy.- Country Report on Japan.- Country Report on Russia.- Country Report on Spain.- Country Report on Turkey.- Country Report on the United Kingdom.- Country Report on the USA.- Legal Status of State Sponsors of Terrorism in US Law.- III. International Law and the Fight against Terrorism.- The Role of International Conventions and General International Law in the Fight against International Terrorism.- Comment on the Presentation by Volker Rben.- Nicaragua is dead, long live Nicaragua the Right to Self-defence Under Art. 51 UN-Charter and International Terrorism.- The Rise and Fall of Collective Security: Terrorism, US Hegemony, and the Plight of the Security Council.- Comments on the Presentations by Nico Krisch and Carsten Stahn.- Comments on the Presentations by Nico Krisch and Carsten Stahn.- The Fight against Terrorism and the Rules of the Law ofWarfare.- Between Crime Prevention or Prosecution and the Laws of War: Are the Traditional Categories of International Law Adequate for Assessing the Use of Force against International Terrorism?.- IV. Annex: Related Documents (International Conventions, Security Council Resolutions, etc.) 987.- 1. Universal Anti-Terrorist Conventions 987.- Tokyo Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (14.9.1963).- Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (16.12.1970).- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (23.9.1971).- Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation (24.2.1988).- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons (14.12.1973).- International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (18.12.1979).- Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (3.3.1980).- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (10.3.1988).- Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (10.3.1988).- Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Identification (1.3.1991).- International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing (15.12.1997).- International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (9.12.1999).- Draft Comprehensive Convention (Report of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996 plus Annex I, II, III).- 2. Regional Anti-Terrorist Conventions.- European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (27.1.1977).- Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on Combating Terrorism.- Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (3.6.2002).- The Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism (22.4.1998).- Convention of the Organisation of The Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism (1.7.1999).- 3. Security Council Resolutions.- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999).- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1333 (2000).-