THE MEANS AVAILABLE IN CRIMINAL LAW TO COMBAT TERRORISM

Abstract

The current study presents a vision for terrorism prevention. The study focuses on terrorism prevention activities. by creating some legitimate components for fighting the terrorism by using the principles of the international rules of the law. Just as the international community perceives that the threat of terrorism is increasing in severity and scope, there is a parallel risk of overreaction by implementing measures and mechanisms that may prove unjustified. Some states may invoke so-called emergency powers to combat terrorism while balancing individual rights, community protection, and national security. No state, no matter how powerful, can protect itself from current threats. Every state needs the cooperation of other states to ensure its security. Therefore, it is in every state's interest to cooperate with other states to confront the most pressing threats, as this maximizes the opportunities for cooperation in confronting its own priority threats. criminal law also plays a prominent role in combating bioterrorism, and this important aspect has been highlighted. Bioterrorism is considered one of the most dangerous cross-border weapons of mass destruction, given its great potential to kill millions of people in various countries around the world, within a few days, in complete silence and without shedding a single drop of blood. This type of weapon relies on invisible microscopic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and microbes in hostile acts to achieve political, religious, intellectual, or commercial goals. This has placed the international community in a state of true panic, especially after the spread of the Corona pandemic throughout the world, fearing that this virus, and others, could be used as a biological weapon that would kill humans. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the role of international mechanisms in the field of combating bioterrorism, which have been unable to perform their duties due to the rapid scientific development in biotechnology and genetic engineering, in the absence of an effective international mechanism for monitoring, investigating, and inspecting such international crimes.