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"A Sea Change In Security: How The War On Terror Strengthened Human Rights", Michael Galchinsky
"A Sea Change In Security: How The War On Terror Strengthened Human Rights", Michael Galchinsky
Michael Galchinsky
The UN Security Council's initial response to 9/11 (UNSC Res. 1373) deemphasized the requirement that states respect human rights and humanitarian law in their counter-terrorism efforts. However, starting in 2002, a backlash by numerous global governance institutions asserted that human rights and security are mutually reinforcing. The emerging norm of mutual reinforcement influenced the SC to direct its Counter-Terrorism Committee to incorporate human rights concerns more robustly into its work. The SC’s increasing adoption of a rights-based approach indicates that the UN's security and human rights missions are bound more closely together than ever before.