Dhanapal, Saroja and Salman, Nadhratul Wardah and Sabaruddin, Johan Shamsuddin and Mohamed Nazeri, Norbani (2020) Criminalising terrorism: An overview of Malaysia's anti-terrorism laws. International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 15 (1). pp. 70-90. ISSN 0973-5089, DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3821141.
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Terrorism is not a 21st century phenomenon and has its roots in early resistance and political movements. It is becoming a serious area ofconcern today due to the increase in terrorism related incidents in nations around the world. As a result, most nations including Malaysia have enacted many new legislations to counter these activities by crirmnalising them. The main argument for criminalising terrorism is that terrorism seriously undermines fundamental human rights, jeopardises the State's peaceful politics as well as threatens international peace and security. Malaysia's anti-terrorism Acts were enacted to counter threats from regional aggressors, third rate army, terrorist groups and even religious cults. However, these Acts have raised a lot of concern among stakeholders. Thus, this doctrinal research analyses all the anti-terrorism laws to identify whether they strike a balance between protecting national security and the principles ofRule ofLaw as well as basic human rights.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya Grant (BK094-2016) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Terrorism; Terrorism acts; National security; Human rights; Criminal law procedures |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2023 08:11 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2023 08:11 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/37002 |
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