Legal Harmonization Challenges in Preventing Terrorism Financing: Strengthening Global and National Frameworks for Achieving SDG 16

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10.2991/978-2-38476-519-5_31How to use a DOI?

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International Law; Legal Harmonization; Preventive Strategies; SDGs; Terrorism Financing

Abstract

Sustainable development under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) faces major challenges from global terrorism, especially cross-border terrorist financing, which threatens security and undermines the social, economic, and institutional pillars of the SDGs. In this case, legal harmonization between international legal instruments and national laws is a crucial preventive strategy for creating a responsive and synergistic legal system. This study aims to analyze the urgency and implications of legal harmonization in preventing terrorist financing, which has an impact on achieving the SDGs. The method used is normative legal research with a conceptual and comparative legal approach through a review of international conventions such as the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999), UN Security Council resolutions, and related national regulations, such as Law No. 9 of 2013 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Criminal Acts of Terrorism Financing. The results of the study indicate that legal harmonization is a pressing need to close the legal loopholes exploited by perpetrators of transnational organized crime. This approach enhances the effectiveness of law enforcement by aligning the principles of universality and complementarity and strengthening international cooperation within the framework of collective security. Thus, legal harmonization is not only a technical instrument but also a macro strategy for achieving the SDGs, particularly in the areas of peace, justice, and strong institutions, as outlined in Goal 16.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ratih Febriyana Dewi
AU  - Supanto Supanto
AU  - Anang Setiyawan
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/29
TI  - Legal Harmonization Challenges in Preventing Terrorism Financing: Strengthening Global and National Frameworks for Achieving SDG 16
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Law, Economics & good Governance (ICLAW 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 387
EP  - 403
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-519-5_31
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-519-5_31
ID  - Dewi2025
ER  -