1st Edition

Terrorism and Human Rights

Edited By Magnus Ranstorp, Paul Wilkinson Copyright 2008
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

301 Pages
by Routledge

This book reinforces our knowledge and understanding of the problems involved in balancing human rights protection and security concerns, considering how these human rights issues have been raised by the various international debates and policy issues which have been created by the continuing global war on terrorism. In the shadow of 9/11 the threat of terrorism is an ever increasing global... Read more
Introduction  1. The Challenges of Strategic Terrorism  2. The United Nations' Response to 9/11  3. Terrorism and Human Rights: A Perspective from the United Nations  4. The Security Council and Counterterrorism: Global and Regional Approaches to an Elusive Public Good  5. Security and Freedom on the Fulcrum  6. Disregard for Security: The Human Rights Movement and 9/11  7. The EU's Response to 9/11: A Case Study of Institutional Roles and Policy Processes with Special Reference to Issues of Accountability and Human Rights  8. Terrorism and Human Rights: A Defence Lawyer's Perspective  9. Derogating from International Human Rights Obligations in the 'War Against Terrorism'?: A British-Australian Perspective  10. Interesting Times for International Humanitarian Law: Challenges from the 'War on Terror'  11. Biological Attack, Terrorism and the Law  12. Children, Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Lessons in Policy and Practise  13. Protecting Human Rights in Times of Conflict: An Indian Perspective  14. Human Rights Dilemmas in Using Informers to Combat Terrorism: The Israeli-Palestinian Case  15. The Security Imperative in Counterterror Operations: The Israeli Fight Against Suicidal Terror  16. Terrorism, Human Rights and Law Enforcement in Spain  17. Russia and the United States After 9/11

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Magnus Ranstorp, Paul Wilkinson