{"id":1510,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-efficacy-of-global-conventions-to-combat-upsc-psir-2022-3806\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:32","slug":"discuss-the-efficacy-of-global-conventions-to-combat-upsc-psir-2022-3806","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-efficacy-of-global-conventions-to-combat-upsc-psir-2022-3806\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the efficacy of global conventions to combat international terrorism."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 conventions have multiplied since 1963 \u2192 terrorism has not receded \u2192 efficacy only partial R1 a widening web of counter-terror law built \u2192 but the keystone, an agreed definition, is missing \u2192 efficacy capped<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">phased instruments (1963 aircraft treaty, first of its kind + five sectoral in the 1970s \u2192 aviation\/shipping) \u2192 post-9\/11 widening (bombings, financing, nuclear) \u2192 institutional support (FATF grey-listing, SCO\u2019s RATS, UNSC 1267\/1373\/1624 \u2192 freezes, incitement) \u2192 instruments do curb finance and safe havens \u2192 definitional deadlock (no comprehensive convention, CCIT stalled, one state\u2019s terrorist another&#039;s freedom fighter \u2192 Heywood, \u201cessentially contested concept\u201d) \u2192 selective enforcement (China vs Hafiz Saeed listing under 1267 \u2192 \u201cdouble standards; BRICS\/India protest) \u2192 persistence (Afghanistan, Syria)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">conventions genuinely constrain terrorist finance, movement and safe havens set against definitional deadlock + politicised, selective enforcement +<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">terrorism still engulfing whole regions \u2192 net verdict is partial efficacy, not decisive result R1 conventions manage terrorism, do not defeat it \u2192 finalise CCIT + end \u201cgood\u201d\/\u201cbad\u201d distinction + tie enforcement to rule of law GQ Annan \u2192 a global scourge demands a global response \u2192 grounded in law and human rights, not selective convenience<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[80],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1510","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-contemporary-global-concerns","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3380,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1510\/revisions\/3380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}