Human rights and non-discrimination in the 'war on terror'/

Main Author: Moeckli, Daniel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008
Series:Oxford monographs in international law
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : Liberty and security in an age of (counter-) terrorism
  • I. Concepts : anti-terrorism regimes and non-discrimination. 2. Anti-terrorism regimes : rationales and scope
  • 3. The human right to non-discrimination
  • II. Distinctions based on citizenship status. 4. Executive detention of foreign terrorist suspects
  • 5. Trial of foreign terrorist suspects
  • III. Distinctions based on country of origin or nationality, race, ethnicity, and religion. 6. Selective enforcement of immigration laws
  • 7. Selective use of police powers
  • 8. Conclusion : The wider impacts of discriminatory anti-terrorism measures.