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Saul, Ben; Heath, Kathleen --- "Cyber terrorism" [2015] ELECD 699; in Tsagourias, Nicholas; Buchan, Russell (eds), "Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 147

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace

Editor(s): Tsagourias, Nicholas; Buchan, Russell

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781782547389

Section: Chapter 7

Section Title: Cyber terrorism

Author(s): Saul, Ben; Heath, Kathleen

Number of pages: 21

Abstract/Description:

Cyber terrorism has not been specifically prohibited or criminalized at the international level. Nonetheless, there is no lacuna in international law that leaves cyber terrorism completely unregulated or unpunished. This chapter surveys the legal framework governing cyber terrorism at international law, considering both existing sectoral and regional anti-terrorism treaties, and the incomplete UN Draft Comprehensive Anti-Terrorism Convention. It then questions whether there is a need for an international cyber terrorism instrument. The utility of such an instrument will depend on the gravity of the threat of cyber terrorism, the scale of technical challenges in addressing that threat, the stigmatizing value of such a convention, and the possible human rights implications.