Bringing States to Justice for Aviation Terrorism

Authors

  • Олеся Янівна Трагнюк Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-8105
  • Yuliia Olehivna Holik Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.145.167073

Keywords:

international terrorism, aviation terrorism, terrorism in civil aviation sphere, international state responsibility, breaches of international obligations of a state, attribution of internationally wrongful acts to a state, implementation of state responsibility

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of holding states responsible for their involvement in terrorism in the sphere of civil aviation. The key obligations imposed upon states in matters related to aviation terrorism, the salient features of attribution of an act of aviation terrorism to a state and ways of implementation of state responsibility have been determined and analyzed.

Author Biographies

Олеся Янівна Трагнюк, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

PhD in Law, Associate Professor of the European Union Law Department

 

Yuliia Olehivna Holik, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

6th year student of the International Law Faculty

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Published

2019-06-03

How to Cite

Трагнюк, О. Я., & Holik, Y. O. (2019). Bringing States to Justice for Aviation Terrorism. Problems of Legality, (145), 244–255. https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.145.167073

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INTERNATIONAL LAW