Sultanate Approves Amendment to Arab Agreement for Combating Terrorism

The Sultanate recently issued a Royal Decree approving an amendment to the Arab Agreement for Combating Terrorism. The amendment, which was previously approved by the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice and by the Council of Arab Ministers of Interior, sets forth the definition of “Terrorist Crime.”

Pursuant to this amendment, the Arab Agreement for Combating Terrorism now defines a “Terrorist Crime” as “any crime committed or attempted for terrorist purposes in any country which is party to the Agreement and punishable by that country’s internal law.” Furthermore, the dissemination of materials encouraging or provoking a Terrorist Crime itself shall be considered a Terrorist Crime.

Finally, the amendment incorporates the definitions of terrorist crime used in several international treaties, but only to the extent that such definitions do not conflict with the internal laws of the signatory countries to the Arab Agreement for Combating Terrorism.