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Illusion Of Justice: Human Rights Abuses In Us Terrorism Prosecutions, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Institute
Illusion Of Justice: Human Rights Abuses In Us Terrorism Prosecutions, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Institute
Human Rights Institute
Terrorism entails horrifying acts, often resulting in terrible losses of human life. Governments have a duty under international human rights law to take reasonable measures to protect people within their jurisdictions from acts of violence. When crimes are committed, governments also have a duty to carry out impartial investigations, to identify those responsible, and to prosecute suspects before independent courts. These obligations require ensuring fairness and due process in investigations and prosecutions, as well as humane treatment of those in custody.
The End Of Al Qaeda? Rethinking The Legal End Of The War On Terror, Adam Klein
The End Of Al Qaeda? Rethinking The Legal End Of The War On Terror, Adam Klein
National Security Law Program
As the war on terrorism approaches its second decade, the open-ended nature of the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) has given rise to the legal question of when, and how, the conflict will end. The indeterminate nature of the conflict has raised fears that the war powers will continue to be exercised indefinitely-a prospect noted with concern by the Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush. The prevailing view among legal scholars is that under existing precedents, the AUMF and the concomitant war powers will continue indefinitely in force until the political branches officially declare the …
Facing The Urban Future After September 11, 2001, Richard Briffault
Facing The Urban Future After September 11, 2001, Richard Briffault
Faculty Scholarship
In this essay I would like to address briefly four issues of importance to local governments raised by the September 11 attack and its aftermath. These issues are the role of local governments in addressing questions of public safety and preparedness; the relations among local governments within a region in responding to terrorism; the role of the federal government in the local response to terrorism; and the implications of September 11 for the structures and functions of local government. These issues are interconnected. Certainly, an effective local response to the public safety challenge posed by terrorism will require more coordinated …