Countering terrorism, protecting human rights
Subtitle: a manual
By: OSCE/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OHIHR)
Contributors: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: OSCE/ODIHR
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Warsaw, Poland
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9788360190494
Subjects: Terrorism; Prevention; Social aspects; Human rights; Liberty
Description: This manual aims to familiarize states' senior policy makers with the fundamental human rights standards they are obliged to adhere to under international law when devising efforts to combat terrorism and extremism. The manual refers extensively to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, legal precedents that serve as working examples of how fundamental human rights law as set out by United Nations Conventions are applied in practical contexts. It gives in-depth guidance on, inter alia, the international frameworks protecting human rights and countering terrorism, extra-territorial application of international human rights obligations, and the rights to life, liberty, fair trial, privacy, freedom of expression and association, and how they may be respected in the context of countering terrorism. The impact of the absolute prohibitions on torture and ill-treatment are explained in the context of renditions, expulsions and extraditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Human rights and counter-terrorism: the essential relationship; title: 2. Protecting the rights of victims of terrorist attacks; title: 3. Counter-terrorism, human rights, good governance and good administration; title: 4. International framework to combat terrorism: an overview; title: 5. International framework to promoteand protect human rights: an overview; title: 6. How human rights work; title: 7. General application of human rights standards; title: 8. How tights work: specific issues for counter-terrorist strategies; title: 9. Right to life; title: 10. The absolute prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment: evidence collection, interrogation techniques and conditions and circumstances of detention; title: 11. Detention conditions, the right to liberty and access to a lawyer of those suspected of terrorism; title: 12. The right to a fair trial; title: 13. Evidence collection, survaillance techniques; title: 14. Controls on terrorist organizations; title: 15. Freedom of expression; title: 16. Freedom of association and the right to peacful assembly; title: 17. Obligation to protect religious pluralism.