International Organisations and Terrorism: Multilateral Antiterrorism Efforts, 1960–1990

his article examines early antiterrorism negotiations within international organisations (IOs) and their outcomes. It assesses how cooperation emerged in specialised, regional, global IOs provides a long-term overview from the 1960s until late 1980s. Drawing on primary sources scholarly literature, this identifies patterns, trends, key characteristics of successfully adopted measures. demonstrates that multilateral efforts faced several obstacles (sovereignty, national interests, mistrust, geopolitics), and, therefore, fared better when following piecemeal approach specialised or regional organisations, where focus could be specific aspects terrorism (e.g., hostage-takings). A characteristic instruments was aut dedere iudicare principle, which allowed states to maintain perceptions sovereignty by either extraditing trying suspect. The examined here were mostly preventative design worked discourage future terrorists ensuring safe havens closed perpetrators justice. shift suicide 1990s would instead require new pre-emptive strategies, depriving means carry out attacks. roots these measures laid