INFRASTRUCTURE OF RIGHTS
For the record, working to return the scales to nominal calibration.
After a three-year global study, the International Commission of Jurists said many states used the public’s fear of terrorism to introduce measures.
These included detention without trial, illegal disappearance and torture.
It also said that the UK and the US have “actively undermined” international law by their actions.
It concluded that many measures introduced to fight terrorism were illegal and counter-productive.
It called for justice systems to be strengthened and warned that temporary measures should not become permanent.
The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is a non-governmental organisation which promotes the observance of the rule of law and the legal protection of human rights.
The panel of eminent lawyers and judges concluded that the framework of international law that existed before the 9/11 attacks on the US was robust and effective.
But now, it said, it was being actively undermined by many states and liberal democracies like the US and the UK.
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The panel reviewed counter-terrorism measures in over 40 countries, and heard from government officials, victims of terror attacks, and from people detained on suspicion of terrorism.
It found that many states have used the fear of terrorism to introduce measures which are illegal such as torture, detention without trial, and enforced disappearance.
Some of the world’s top international law experts served on the ICJ panel…. Source
Link to the full report (.pdf file) is included at the source link.
