THE NECESSITY OF TERRORISM INCLUSION IN THE CATEGORY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES STRICTO SENSU

Terrorism is a process of inducing fear on the population, by means of repeatedviolent actions, used by the individuals, groups or state actors, for criminal motives orpolitical claims, whose aims, unlike assassinations, do not represent the main targets. Theunmediated victims of violence, are generally chosen randomly or selectively (representativeor symbolic targets), from a certain population. Terrorist acts generate messages and thethreat and violence, as a communication process between the terrorist (organization),immediate victims and main targets, are used in order to terrify and manipulate thepopulation, which is transformed in a target of terror, a target of demands or a target ofattention, depending on the target pursued: intimidation, coercion or propaganda