Regina v. Gul

Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Crime of terrorism — Terrorism Act 2000 — Dissemination of terrorist publications — Terrorist offences — Section 2 of Terrorism Act 2000 — Section 1 of Terrorism Act 2000 — Interpretation — Definition of terrorism — Scope — Whether insurgents attacking government armed forces exempted from definition — International crime of terrorism — Whether international crime of terrorism in times of peace and armed conflict — Definition of terrorism in international law — Whether international law rule restricting scope of terrorism — International conventions and national legislation — Whether attacks by insurgents on soldiers of Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan terrorism excluded from definition of terrorism in Terrorism Act 2000 — Whether rule of international law requiring reading down of Section 1 of Terrorism Act 2000

Terrorism — Scope — Definition of terrorism — Section 1 of Terrorism Act 2000 — Interpretation — Definition of terrorism in international law — Whether rule of international law excluding attack by insurgents on government military forces from definition of terrorism — Definition of terrorism in Section 1 of Terrorism Act 2000 having wide scope — Whether reading down of Section 1 of Act necessary or desirable

War and armed conflict — Non-international armed conflict — Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2008 and 2009 — Whether attacks by insurgents on soldiers of Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan terrorism within meaning of Terrorism Act 2000 — The law of the United Kingdom