Why the time is right to set up an international terrorism court

UN has spent decades trying to agree on a globally accepted definition to no avail

The global toll of terrorism is rising at an alarming rate. According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, terrorist incidents claimed 3,329 lives in 2000 but 32,685 in 2014, and the economic costs of terrorism skyrocketed at least tenfold during the same period. As a result, certain governments are proposing that the UN establish a new court with a specific remit to prosecute international terrorist crimes.

This would be the first ever court with a remit to try international terrorists in peacetime on the basis of international law. It would be designed to complement