Titov Y. The Law Nature and the Qualification Issues of Hostage Taking in International Criminal Law

The study deals with determination of judicial nature of hostage taking, analyses of existing international law instruments which regulate the counteraction to hostage taking, and detection of the international law demands realization in the national law of certain states. The history of the origin of hostage taking as an international law crime has been analyzed in the given thesis. The nature and the cast of international law aimed at fighting against this crime have been interpreted theoretically. The connections of hostage taking activity with distinct branches of international law were examined. The author provides detailed elaboration of hostage taking judicial signs, which allows to separate this crime from neighboring ones. Using the hostage taking crime as a model, the author marks the part of national criminal law of particular states in struggle against the terrorist nature crimes. In the given work the recommendations and the propositions for the Ukrainian national law to be set in accordance with the demands of counter hostage taking international conventions were defined.