Selected aspects of the criminal law of the Republic of Austria on countering terrorism

Introduction: the article considers the legal experience of the Republic of Austria in the sphere of countering crimes of a terrorist nature by criminal law means. Materials and Methods: the material base of the study was constituted by the norms of the current criminal legislation of the Republic of Austria, the regulatory legal acts of the European Union, statistical data of law enforcement agencies and specialized state structures of the Republic of Austria on quantitative and qualitative indicators of terrorist crimes, as well as data of the European Union Police Service. The research methodology is based on the dialectical method. Statistical, comparative legal and formal logical methods were used as private scientific methods. Results: the article deals with the peculiarities of the Austrian criminal law when qualifying crimes of a terrorist nature. Within the framework of this article, special attention is paid to the stages of formation, the reasons for the actualization and the experience in the implementation of the anti-terrorist norms of the criminal legislation of the Republic of Austria. Discussion and Conclusions: the article substantiates the view that the anti-terrorist norms of Austrian criminal law, while interrelated with the legal norms of the European Union, form a special legal context in which countering terrorism with criminal means is presented as a security measure of national security.