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Participation in a terrorist group (ICCS 09061)
Participating in the activities of a terrorist group for the purpose of committing one or more terrorist offences.
A TERRORIST OFFENCE means any act established in accordance with the universal legal instruments against terrorism, or otherwise intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to a civilian, or to any other person not taking an active part in the hostilities of a situation of armed conflict, when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. United Nations General Assembly, Ney York, 1999, Article 2.1.(b). Web: https://www.un.org/law/cod/finterr.htm
INCLUSIONS: Participation or membership in a terrorist group.
EXCLUSIONS: Death as a result of terrorist activities (0101); A committed terrorist offence is classified to the particular offence; the link to terrorism or a terrorist group can be identified with the situational context disaggregation.

[Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, pp.87-88, including footnote 133. Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf