However, there are common characteristics to all anti-terrorist legislation: fast-track procedures, extension of police powers, restriction of individual liberties, and the setting up of specialized courts to try the perpetrators of these acts of violence. ... The constitution, powers, jurisdiction and procedure of such special courts shall be prescribed by law." 5 Special courts can therefore be established in Ireland to try certain criminal offenses when it can be determined that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the administration of justice and the preservation of public peace ...

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Humanitarian assistance risks becoming associated with an intervening armed force represented by private military and security guards. ... In this regards, it must be noted that the International Convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries was adopted in 1989, after ten years of negotiations, and that it only entered into force in 2001. ... Mercenary Activities in International Law - Customary Law and the United Nations Legal measures to fight mercenary activities find its source in laws adopted at the end of the XIX century regarding the obligation to respec...

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