The Editors of the Minnesota Journal of International Law chose to focus their 2019 Symposium on exploring contemporary challenges raised in the context of preventing and countering terrorism at the domestic and international levels.
Their choice could not have been more topical: terrorist incidents have for years been regular occurrences in a number of countries, many of which ravaged by armed conflict and other types of violence, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria or Syria. It is also a phenomenon that shapes the perceptions of security by the public and, consequently, State laws and policies, even in jurisdictions where the threat of terrorist attacks is comparatively low.