terrorism lists justify state-initiated-violence
terrorism lists were meant to provide a legal means for targeting ’terrorists’ for international sanctions.
In the context of GWOT, they have also justified state-initiated violence against those on them.^[Lee Jarvis and Tim Legrand (2018), ‘The Proscription or Listing of Terrorist Organisations: Understanding, Assessment, and International Comparisons,’ Terrorism and Political Violence, 30:2 (2018), 199–215, p. 201.]