Cyber ​​attacks of terrorist groups from the perspective of international law and with a view to the performance of the United Nations

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD student, Department of Law, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Law, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran and Department of Law and Political Science, Qom University, Iran

Abstract

In this research, using the descriptive-analytical method, we aimed to investigate the cyber attacks of terrorist groups from the perspective of international law and with a view to the performance of the United Nations. Due to the fact that cyber attacks are not mentioned in any of the international law documents, the need to investigate these attacks by terrorist groups as a new means and method of warfare in the current era is strongly felt. The importance of this becomes more apparent when the irreparable effects of these attacks on critical civilian infrastructure are examined. If terrorist groupsUsing the Internet to carry out cyber attacks and these attacks have a minimum level of severity and create effects in the form of injury, death, damage or destruction, it is considered as an armed conflict, so what measures should the United Nations take for Dealing with cyber attacks by terrorist groups? The United Nations, by issuing resolutions and the work of various groups, is trying to create security in the cyber space by not giving the internet to terrorist groups by governments and preventing cyber attacks by these groups.It is raised.

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Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 16
February 2022
Pages 891-903

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