These are some sources regarding the IRA terrorist actions in Europe.
This guide is meant to give information about a topic that is important to the history of international law and to give information about how to prepare a research paper on a topic that is narrow such as the IRA. Students that are taking public international law will most likely encounter cases and articles discussing the IRA in the context of international human rights law and law dealing with terrorism. This guide gives information about the topic and also gives an example about how to conduct research through many different relevant sources. The second page, entitled How to Conduct Your Research, gives basic information about how to begin a research paper with legal analysis.
Other excellent sources could be found in news articles (such as the New York Times or Time Magazine) discussing international law issues such as the IRA terrorism.
Check out these links for some background information on the Irish Republican Army.
International Law and the European Court of Human Rights. Background information about the McCann v. United Kingdom case and how it applies to ethics in international law.
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties gives more specific instruction as to what kinds of treaties can be made and enforced in the international community. It is now considered to be both codified and customary law.
McCann v. United Kingdom is the case of Margaret McCann, Daniel Farrell, and John Savage. The three individuals were killed during an arrest ordered by the UK SAS. This case is an example of the application of International Law by the European Human Rights Commission. This case discusses the International Agreements regarding prohibitions on state killing with the three exceptions: (1) self defense, (2) protection of others, and (3) capital punishment (which was removed from the list in 2003).
This film "Death on the Rock" is a documentary that explains the misgivings felt about the McCann v. United Kingdom case.
