Terrorists or Heroes? On the definition of the concept of ''terrorism'' in public and international law
This article aims to show and explain which are the steps that a state has to take after a terror attack, which are its rights and how it can operate (the right to self defense, when this can be extended outside its borders and the proportionality of the use of force). After the first paragraphs, which explain the definition of terrorism and the laws repealed, the article shows directly how all this can change depending on which is the state under attack, how international law can be applied and how international bodies can act in different ways for the same problem. This explanation is given using two examples: Turkey against the PKK, and the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq against ISIS. It focuses on these groups for showing how international law and, more precisely, international bodies seem to act under a double standard, but, as analyzed in the section, their behavior and laws are unclear because a ‘standard’ doesn’t even exist due to the fact that they are not yet able to give a definition of ‘terrorism’.