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Submission of your assignment must be in accordance with the University regulations.
You should note the following:
- Answer only one question from two
- This assessment is worth 100% of the marks for the module;
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- The maximum number of words permitted is 4000 words. There is no permitted excess. Any part of your assignment which exceeds 4000 words will not be marked;
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FEEDBACK
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| Date individual feedback will available: | Following the Examination Committee and the return of all scripts from the external examiner |
| How individual feedback will be returned to you: | By collection of assessments from the Law Admin Office Portland 304 |
Answer ONE of the following two questions
Question 1
“Using section 1 of the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 as an illustrative example, this article argues that a single definition of terrorism is invariably broad owing to the need to accommodate the lowest common denominator. This is damaging to the ‘principle of legality’ as recognized in British public law and the ECHR. (Alan Greene DEFINING TERRORISM: ONE SIZE FITS ALL? in International & Comparative Law Quarterly 2017).
Critically evaluate the definition of terrorism in Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000 making reference to Greene as well as other sources and whether the definition is still fit for purpose today.
Question 2
Answer all parts of question 2. Each part carries equal marks. Each scenario will be marked out of 100% and then divided by 4 to make a total final average mark.
Discuss and evaluate the possible terrorist offenses in each of the scenarios below using cases, statutes, reports and Journals. As a guide, try and allocate around 1000 words to each part a, b, c etc.. from the total 4000 maximum word count.
- a) A, B and C are planning a knife attack in London to support Islamic State known as Isis, they have identified the London Eye as the target following a recognisance and reviewing photos and maps. They purchase 3 knives at a local DIY store and are caught on camera. They are known to the security services for recently advocating support for Isis on Twitter and have been seen together hiking and rock climbing in the Lake District. The police move in to arrest them when they are about to hire a large van.
- b) E and F are forming a new pressure group called ‘English First’ they plan to make a speech promoting English First at Eastford University, where E is a student, calling for new and tougher immigration laws and the halting of building any new Mosques. F was a former member of ‘Britain First’ a proscribed organisation.
- c) G has left the UK to fight for the ‘Kurdish Freedom Fighters’ (KFF) who are fighting the remnants of Isis in Northern Syria and parts of Iraq. G has always wanted to fight against terrorists. G phones his family after 6 months asking for money for clothes and so he can buy a new phone. He intends to return to the UK after another 6 months. Turkey classify all military operations from Kurdistan as terrorist and sympathetic to the PKK (PKK historically have fought against Turkey). The UK is keen to stop citizens going to join the KFF in the future.
- d) H is due to return to the UK from Turkey (following deportation) to the UK landing at Heathrow airport next week after being in Syria for 3 years. H suggested to his family before leaving the UK that he was going to work for a charity in Syria. H did post a picture of himself on social media from his phone carrying an AK45 machine gun after he had only been in Syria for 6 months. The photo was logged by British security. H was arrested in Turkey a 2 weeks ago and claims he had a confession beaten out of him that he had joined Isis. H has received £500 from his brother J 6 months ago to support his visa application because H is a dual citizen of Libya and the UK and had used his Libyan passport to travel to Syria via Turkey.