Replied by Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF
Since 1970s, India has been facing terrorism and its various aspects at different levels. In 1996, India has made an important contribution towards counter-terrorism at international fora. On 17 December 1996 in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), India proposed—Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT), a treaty which intends to “criminalise all forms of international terrorism, denial of safe havens, access to funds, and arms to terrorists and the financiers of terrorism”.
As of 2021, the CCIT is in “deadlock” state due to differences on definition of terrorism among the member states of the UN. Since the 2016 Dhaka terrorist attacks, India has been pushing for the treaty to be adopted as failure of consensus on the convention hindered the global efforts to counter-terrorism.
References/further reading
-“What is the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism?”, Live Mint, 28 September 2016, Available from: https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Ee84kLhbyP5NJ9mFnMzkKO/Will-Sushmas-speech-at-the-UNGA-give-fresh-push-to-antiter.html
- Sharma, Anurag. “Counter-Terrorism framework of the United Nations and India’s approach of de-radicalisation”, Vivekananda International Foundation, 26 September 2019, Available from: https://www.vifindia.org/article/2019/september/26/counter-terrorism-framework-of-the-united-nations-and-india-s-approach-of-de-radicalisation
- “UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, United Nations, Available from: https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/ctitf/en/un-global-counter-terrorism-strategy