STATE TERRORISM: LEGAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE CONCEPT
Journal: Visuomenes saugumas ir viesoji tvarka/Visuomenės saugumas ir viešoji tvarka
Year: 2023

This article will focus on a large-scale concept that is not visualized in international law, state terrorism. The phenomenon of terrorism is one of the oldest in human history. At the same time, the political contradictions that existed between the states prevented high-quality international legal qualification. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court did not include such a crime as "state terrorism". State terrorism is aimed at mass intimidation of the population. It is carried ou