Upholding human rights in counter-terrorism
Subtitle: what role for non-state actors? : proceedings of a regional conference report held in Nairobi May 11-12, 2009
By: Editors: Kwamchetsi Makokha and Godwin Murunga
Contributors: Kenya Human Rights Institute; Muslim Human Rights Forum
Publisher: Muslim Human Rights Forum & Kenya Human Rights Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Human rights; Congresses
Notes: The papers presented in this volume were presented at a workshop organized by Muslim Human Rights Forum and the Kenya Human Rights Institute through a grant from the Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA), May 11-12, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Al-Amin Kimathi; title: Terrorism, counter terrorism and human rights : vulnerabilities, dilemmas and paradoxes in the Horn of Africa / Lawrence Mute; title: Historical perspectives on countering terrorism : a focus on human rights / Mutuma Ruteere; title: AU perspectives on countering terrorism / Ibrahima Kane; title: Non-state actors in security sector reform / L. Muthoni Wanyeki; title: Tensions and contradictions in carrying out the AFRICOM mandate / Musambayi Katumanga; title: Crime and security in Africa : dilemmas for human rights actors / Anneli Botha; title: Effects of terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations on survivors / Dinah Kituyi; title: Voices of survivors / Sam Mohochi; title: Secret detention programmes and extraordinary rendition and their implications on human rights / Al-Amin Kimathi; title: Use of legal instruments to facilitate counter-terrorism / Mbugua Mureithi; title: Counter-terrorism frameworks : the place for regional cooperation / Ken Nyaundi; title: AU mandate in countering terrorism / Ali Burawi; title: Terrorism and human rights in Africa : the place for IGAD / Samuel Serwanga; title: Is human rights an endangered concept? / Godwin Murunga; title: National human rights institutions and counter-terrorism : the case study of Uganda / Carol Nalule; title: Comparative analysis of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights / Hassan Omar Hassan; title: Legislation and application of traditional criminal justice : the case of East Africa / Don Deya; title: Complementing conventional law enforcement : grassroots efforts in preventing and combating terrorism / Abdulrahman Wandati; title: Media dilemmas in balancing counter-terrorism and human rights / Kwamchetsi Makokha; title: The interconnectedness of various forms of violence and the responses to them / Ander Sjögren; title: Perspectives on human rights and counter-terrorism in a changing world dispensation / Migai Akech.