Countering International Terrorism: Problems of Criminal-Legal Qualification

Abstract

Background: The relevance of the research topic is based on the scientific significance of a comprehensive review of the current problems of establishing and implementing criminal responsibility for organizing activities of an international terrorist organization and participating in its activities in the context of criminal law countering terrorist crimes and terrorism in general.  Objective: problems of criminal responsibility for organizing the activities of an international terrorist organization which are manifested not only in the legislative reflection of the signs of such an organization and the corresponding elements of crimes but also in the doctrinal understanding of the relevant provisions of the legislation and the application of such in investigative and judicial practice.  Methods: author used a complex of system, empirical and comparative methods.  Results: The importance of scientific research of the legislative, theoretical and applied aspects of criminal responsibility for organizing the activities of an international terrorist organization and participation in the activities of such an organization is dictated by the need to further improve the system of measures to combat terrorism and its individual manifestations, the catalyst of which is the criminal activity of organized international terrorist associations, creating conditions for expanding the scope and increasing the public danger of international terrorist activities.  Conclusions: The analysis of the aspects of international cooperation in the implementation of measures to combat terrorism is carried out. The article substantiates the need to implement international legal norms of an anti-terrorist nature in the national legislation in order to increase the interstate cooperation in the fight against terrorism