Open AccessThe International Legal Framework to Combat Criminal Extremism
Author(s) -
А А Кунашев
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
rossijskij žurnal pravovyh issledovanij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7522
pISSN - 2410-4965
DOI - 10.17816/rjls18292
Subject(s) - political science , consolidation (business) , international community , phenomenon , convention , law , law and economics , character (mathematics) , criminology , sociology , politics , business , epistemology , geometry , mathematics , accounting , philosophy
The article discusses the international legal framework of the fight against extremism and its criminal forms. Analyzing international acts of universal and regional character, the author comes to the conclusion about the absence at the international level, a single universal definition of extremism and, as a consequence, a different approach of national legislators to criminalize manifestations of this dangerous social phenomenon. The necessity of adopting a UN special Convention and consolidation of efforts of all world community in the fight against this scourge