1st Edition

US Counterterrorism and the Human Rights of Foreigners Abroad Putting the Gloves Back On?

252 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines why the United States has introduced safeguards that are designed to prevent their counterterrorism policies from causing harm to non-US citizens beyond US territory. It investigates what made US policymakers take steps to "put the gloves back on" through five case studies on the emergence of such safeguards related to the right not to be tortured, the right not to be... Read more

1. US counterterrorism and extraterritorial human rights obligations

2. Studying the emergence of "extraterritorial human rights safeguards": Theory and research design

3. Detainee treatment, interrogations, and the right not to be tortured 

4. Military detention in Guantánamo and the right not to be arbitrarily detained 

5. Targeted killing and the right to life

6. Refugee resettlement and right to seek asylum

7. Foreign surveillance and the right to privacy 

8. The power of "universal human rights": Results and implications

Biography

Monika Heupel is Professor of International and European Politics at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

Caiden Heaphy is Doctoral Candidate at the University of Bamberg, Germany, and is working for the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge).

Janina Heaphy is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Bamberg, Germany, and Lecturer at Leiden University, the Netherlands