UN activities in the fight against international terrorism

The article deals with the activities of the United Nations in the fight against international terrorism. Terrorism poses a threat to the foundations of law and order, respect for human rights and the peaceful resolution of disputes, contradicts the principles and goals of the United Nations (UN), among which are the maintenance of international peace and security, the adoption of joint measures to prevent threats to peace and deter aggression, promote evolution of human rights and economic development. The object of the study is the interaction of states in the sphere of ensuring the protection of human rights in the process of their counter-terrorist activities. The subject of the study is the international legal problems of human rights protection during the fight against terrorism. The following methods and methods of scientific knowledge served as the methodological basis of the study: dialectical, formal-logical, problem-theoretical, systemic-structural, and the method of comparative-legal analysis. It is indicated that international cooperation in the field of combating terrorism can be effective and efficient under certain conditions. These include: international legal regulation of the fight against terrorism; creation of new and improvement of existing forms of interaction between states, which collectively ensure effective countermeasures against terrorism based on international law; establishment of control of the world community over the activities of international terrorist structures; organization of coordinated international research and law-making work aimed at developing a unified definition of the concept of «terrorism» taking into account modern conditions; the use of other action measures that will help move from declarations to specific joint actions. The fight against terrorism and the protection of human rights are goals that do not conflict with each other, but complement and mutually strengthen each other, therefore, when taking measures aimed at stopping terrorist activity, states are obliged to comply with key principles and norms of international law and specific obligations provisions adopted in connection with the participation of international agreements with human rights.