Security Council Fails to Adopt a Resolution on Foreign Terrorist Fighters

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Thursday, September 17, 2020
Author: 
Michael Plachta and Kasia Guzior
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
9
Abstract: 

On August 31, 2020, the Security Council president (Indonesia) announced the result of the voting on a draft resolution regarding the prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration (PRR) of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), sponsored by Indonesia. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Security Council voted by email. The result was 14 countries in favour and only the U.S. opposed.[1]



* Professor Plachta specializes in criminal law and international criminal law. He has authored numerous publication on a wide range of problems concerning law enforcement and international cooperation in criminal matters. He currently teaches criminal law and European criminal law at the University of Security in Poznan, Poland.

** Kasia Guzior is a 2L law student at Mitchell Hamline in St. Paul, Minnesota.

[1] Edith M. Lederer, U.S. vetoes United Nations anti-terrorism resolution, August 31, 2020, https://globalnews.ca/news/7308143/us-veto-un-anti-terrorism-resolution.