1st Edition

Developments in Counter-Terrorist Measures and Uses of Technology

Edited By Helen Fenwick Copyright 2012
    112 Pages
    by Routledge

    112 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book considers some of the most notable aspects of the legal response to the "war on terror" post- 9/11 and the use of technology to support them. It examines the shift from a criminal justice response to the creation of a parallel preventive system running in tandem with it. This system has tended to veer away from the commission of criminal offences or adherence to ordinary criminal justice safeguards. Such a preventive strategy relies on targeting terrorist suspects – those who it is thought may in future commit terrorist acts – and curbing their actions with the aim of preventing terrorist activity before it occurs.

    The book further considers the role that surveillance plays in the counter-terrorist efforts of state or non-state actors. It also evaluates the counter-productive effects that many of these measures have had.

    This book was originally published as a special issue of International Review of Law Computers & Technology.

    1. Terrorism, CCTV and the Freedom Bill 2011: achieving compatibility with Article 8 ECHR? D Fenwick

    2. Terrorism, asset-freezing and the ECHR A Tomkins, L Lazarus, H Fenwick

    3. Control orders, TPIMS and the Human Rights Act G Phillipson and H Fenwick

    4. The Impact of counter-terror measures in the UK on Muslim communities T Choudhury and H Fenwick

    5. Preventing Terrorism, Video Surveillance and Human Rights:What about State Accountability ? Q Eijkman

    6. Surveillance – technological developments within the UK enhancing public safety or social threat? B Sheldon

    Biography

    Helen Fenwick is Joint Director of the University of Durham Human Rights Centre. She is author of Civil Rights: New Labour, Freedom and the Human Rights Act (Longmans/Pearson, 2000); Media Freedom under the Human Rights Act (2006: OUP, with G Phillipson); Text, Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human Rights (3rd ed. Routledge: 2010, with G Phillipson) and Civil Liberties and Human Rights (4th ed. 2007, Routledge).