Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2024: 77-84

Foreign Fighters and Their Place in LawReviewed - Review

Ludvík Barabáš1
1 Law Clerk in Law Office

States should avoid arbitrability in decision-making processes concerning foreign fighters by amending their current legislature including criminal prosecution of foreign fighters. Authorization regime similar to the one in Poland may offer higher guarantees, control and monitoring of medium to high-threat individuals whilst offering states direct targeting of prevention and mitigation policies. States should create a transparent and clear framework for evaluation of applications to travel abroad for the purpose of fighting with lawfully set discretion for state organs that will enable them to deny applications for political, social or even economic reasons.

Keywords: Civilian-Military Relations; Foreign Fighters; Legal System; Legislature; Security Policy

Published: June 15, 2024  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Barabáš, L. (2024). Foreign Fighters and Their Place in Law. Czech Military Review, 105(2), 77-84
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. BARABÁŠ, Ludvík. Foreign Fighters and Alternatives to their Criminal Prosecution. Diplomová práce. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Právnická fakulta, 2023. Link: https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/qkvyh/Thesis__Barabas__31032023.pdf
    2. MEHRA, T., PAULUSSEN, Ch. The Repatriation of Foreign Fighters and Their Families: Options, Obligations, Morality and Long-Term Thinking [online]. ICCT.com. 6. 3. 2019. [cit. 5. 12. 2023]: https://www.icct.nl/publication/repatriation-foreign-fighters-and-their-families-options-obligations-morality-and-long.
    3. OHCHR, Human rights and counter-terrorism: UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism concludes visit to Belgium. Report of 31. 5. 2018, available here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2018/06/human-rights-and-counter-terrorism-un-special-rapporteur-promotion-and
    4. OSTAEYEN, P., VLIERDEN, G. V. Citizenship and Ancestry of Belgian Foreign Fighters [online]. ICCT Policy Brief, 1. 6. 2018. [4. 3. 2023]. https://www.icct.nl/publication/citizenship-and-ancestry-belgian-foreign-fighters.
    5. Over half of Belgian volunteeers have returned from Ukraine [online]. BrusselsTimes.com, 24. 3. 2022. [1. 3. 2023]. https://www.brusselstimes.com/212437/over-half-of-belgian-volunteers-have-returned-from-ukraine.
    6. Judgment of the High Court in Prague of 17. 7. 2019, Decision No. 10 To 71/2019.
    7. Supreme Court Rulling of 30. 6. 2020, Decision No. 6 Tdo 153/2020.
    8. Judgment of the Regional Court in České Budějovice of 1. 7. 2020, Decision No. 2 T 15/2020-733.
    9. Judgment of the High Court in Prague of 22. 10. 2020, Decision No. 2 To 89/2020.
    10. Supreme Court Rulling of 12. 5. 2021, Decision No. 8 Tdo 310/2021.
    11. Judgment of the Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem of 1. 10. 2020, Decision No. 49 T 7/2020-659.
    12. Supreme Court rulling of 9. 6. 2022, Decision No. 4 Tdo 192/2022.
    13. RICHTEROVA, A. Zahraniční Bojovníci a možnosti jejich trestněprávního postihu. Praha: Karlova Universita, 2021, p. 154-158. Also BÍLKOVÁ, V. Zahraniční terorističtí bojovníci a česká právní úprava. Trestněprávní revue, no. 2/2019, p. 40.

    Return to the content