United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism and Russia Directives and Practices Concerning Supporting Victims of Terrorism
Smirnova, Tatiana (2021)
Smirnova, Tatiana
2021
Master's Programme in Leadership for Change
Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta - Faculty of Management and Business
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2021-05-13
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202105034274
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202105034274
Tiivistelmä
Terrorism is a big international problem of the 21st century. This problem is recognized by the UN and many states, including the Russian Federation. One of its aftermaths is high number of victims of terroristic acts. The main objective of the thesis is to find out how correlates Russian practices in support of victims of terrorism with UN Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT) practices. The author scrutinizes Russian laws, analyzes media materials concerning situations with victims in Russia, interviews people and provides cases about requests for support from victims of terrorism in Russia. In the thesis author studies existing practices of support provided by UN and Member States, presents as examples the counter terrorism practices in the field of supporting victims in France, Spain, the Council of Europe. The most using concept of this thesis is the resilience; in the thesis it is provides that the victims can be assisted by enhancement of their resilience. The author concludes that Russia has not developed a proper standard mechanism regarding victims of terrorism yet and Russian practices do not fully correlate with the practices of the UN. This outcome is confirmed by results of research, namely, by conducted content and comparative analyses, interviews. One of the novelties is about contribution to knowledge of current necessity in assistance the victims and to promote international solidarity in support of them, contribution to not only the improvement of support mechanism in Russia but raise awareness of problem of supporting victims of terrorism locally and globally.