Challenges of International Criminal Law in Fighting against Terrorism

Terrorism as an international crime does not have been defined yet and states supported perspective dominated on it in the past. But with expansion of terrorism, getting transnational aspect and more independence from states, international community seeks to fight against this phenomenon in the context of international criminal law. Some writers believe international community is somewhat unable to fight against it because of the lack of terrorism definition. Even though, there is this idea that international criminal law largely has fought against terror in the context of sixteen conventions against terrorism and statute of international criminal court. But, actually, these criminalization are limited and there is no comprehensive solution for solving terrorism problem basically. This article pursues to consider this reality.