Anti-terrorist measures and human rights / / editors, Wolfgang Benedek, Alice Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos ; foreword, Walter Schwimmer.

• Author: Hidryma Marankopoulou gia ta Dikaiōmata tou Anthrōpou.
• TeilnehmendeR: Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos, Alice.; Benedek, Wolfgang.; Hidryma Marankopoulou gia ta Dikaiōmata tou Anthrōpou.; European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Graz, Austria); Diplomatische Akademie Wien.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (406 p.)
• Notes: Papers from a symposium organized on the initiative of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights, by the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna held in Vienna on 30-31 October 2002.; At head of title: Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.

The tragic events of 11 September 2001 have led to an intensification of measures against terrorism both at the level of states and international organisations. New laws and resolutions have been passed in order to strengthen national and international action against terrorism. Some of these measure...

Table of Contents

• FOREWORD; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTIONS; A. HUMAN RIGHTS AS STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS FOR ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURES; B. UNITED NATIONS MEASURES AGAINST TERRORISM; C. EUROPEAN MEASURES AGAINST TERRORISM; D. NATIONAL ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURES AND HUMAN RIGHTS, GENERAL ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES; Combating Terrorism: Issues of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello - The Case of Afghanistan; Human Security and Prevention of Terrorism; Concluding Thoughts; Concluding Remarks
• Annex I: Commission on Human Rights, Joint Statement issued on 10 December 2001 by 17 Independent Experts of the Commission on Human Rights on the Occasion...Annex II: Commission on Human Rights, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mary Robinson) and Follow-Up to the World Conference...; Annex Ill: International Committee on Civil and Political Rights, General Comment No. 29 on States of Emergency (Article 4) of 31 August 2001, CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add. 11; Annex IV: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001
• Annex V: Statement of the Secretary General Kofi Annan to the Security Council at the Meeting to Commemorate the One-Year Anniversary of the Committee of 4 October 2002Annex VI: Statement of the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, to the Security Council at the Meeting to Commemorate the One-Year...; Annex VII: Address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira De Mello, to the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council on...; Annex VIII: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994
• Annex IX: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996Annex X: Council of Europe, Guidelines on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism, adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 July 2002, H (2002) 4; Annex XI: Council of Europe, Report on the Rights of Persons in the Custody of the U.S. in Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay, Doc. 9817 of 26 May 2003; Annex XII: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Report on Terrorism and Human Rights of 22 October 2002, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.116, Doc. 5 rev. 1 corr.
• Annex XIII: International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), Report on Anti-Terrorism Measures, Security and Human Rights of 15 April 2003 - IntroductionBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE AUTHORS; INDEX