Terrorism and Human Rights

ISBN-13: 9780415495240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 18 str.

Ranstorp Magnus

Opis

This volume discusses the effects of the legal and social aspects of terrorism by examining the relation between security issues and human rights from the angle of international organizations, political bodies and different countries.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Magnus Ranstorp, Paul Wilkinson