Unfunding Terror

Procedural Obligations Under the European Convention on Human Rights: Useful Guidelines for the Assessment of 'Unwillingness' and 'Inability' in the Context of the Complementarity Principle

“…If not, then the ICC's role with respect to national criminal jurisdictions would be more analogous to that of a "super" international appellate court, vested with de novo review authority, rather than a court intended to complement States with primary jurisdiction'. 92 At fi rst sight, such qualms seem to be slightly exaggerated. After all, the bottom-line and main interpretative tool for a correct assessment of the principle of complementarity is the grave concern of the drafters of the Rome Statute that the International Criminal Court should not serve as a supra-national court of appeal.…”

Assessing the Effectiveness of the Carrot and Stick Counter-terrorist Measure: A Comparison of Algeria and Yemen

“…Secondly, by using the state capacity approach to explain the experience of two countries, the article attempts to extend the application of state capacity model in security studies. Existing security literature pays close attention to micro-level strategies, such as decapitation (Johnston, 2012: 47-79;Jordan, 2009: 719-755), targeted killings (Downes, 2004: 277-294), conciliation (de Mesquita, 2003, cutting off financing resources (Clunan, 2006: 569-596;Gurulé, 2010), etc., but largely neglects the links between the socio-economic and political context, and specific strategies.…”