National Insecurity and Human Rights

Democracies Debate Counterterrorism

Alison Brysk, Gershon Shafir, Alison Brysk, Gershon Shafir

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN:
  9780520098602
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520916166
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politica e relazioni internazionali
• Subtopic: Politica

Human rights is all too often the first casualty of national insecurity. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights? This timely volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the "best-case scenarios" of the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, and Germany. It demonstrates that threatened democracies have important options, and democratic governance, the rule of law, and international cooperation are crucial foundations for counterterror policy.

Contributors: Howard Adelman, Colm Campbell, Pilar Domingo, Richard Falk, David Forsythe, Wolfgang S. Heinz, Pedro Ibarra, Todd Landman, Salvador Martí, Daniel Wehrenfennig

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Human Rights and National Insecurity
• Encroaching on the Rule of Law: Post-9/11 Policies within the United States
• The United States: Protecting Human Dignity in an Era of Insecurity
• Northern Ireland: Violent Conflict and the Resilience of International Law
• The United Kingdom: The Continuity of Terrorand Counterterror
• Torturing Democracies: The Curious Debate over the “Israeli Model”
• Democracy, Civil Liberties, and Counterterrorist Measures in Spain
• Canada’s Balancing Act: Protecting Human Rights and Countering Terrorist Threats
• Germany: State Responses to Terrorist Challenges and Human Rights
• Conclusion: Human Rights in Hard Times
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index