International Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism

This book provides theoretical and practical guidance to those interested in understanding the dilemmas found at the heart of counter-terror decision-making. It addresses fundamental questions such as: should terror organizations be engaged in the human rights discussion? How can we counter extremist ideology? What is the role social media plays in terrorism?

The book compares the practices of different countries to determine if a cohesive approach to counter-terrorism can be achieved. It not only analyses different aspects of terrorism and counter-terrorism (ideology, recruitment, financing, education, support etc) but also explores the roles of the relevant players (courts, security forces, the press, public opinion, inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations etc) and their influence on the measures taken to fight terrorism on the one hand, and safeguarding basic human rights on the other.

• terrorism
• counter-terrorism
• human rights
• international law
• laws of war
• comparative law
• extremist ideology
• United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• war on terror
• torture
• civil liberties

• McGill University, Montréal, Canada

  Eran Shor

• University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  Stephen Hoadley

Dror Harel is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel. She holds an LL.B from Bar Ilan University, an LL.M from the University of Toronto, an MA in Political Science from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D from Bar Ilan University, and she has lectured in international law, counter-terrorism and human rights. She has held a number of positions with the Government of Israel, most recently as a legal advisor charged with aspects of international and comparative law as they relate to counter-terrorism.

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