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“The widening gyre: counter-terrorism, human rights and the Rule of Law” – a lecture by Justice Chaskalson

“The widening gyre: counter-terrorism, human rights and the Rule of Law” – a lecture by Justice Chaskalson

May 24, 2007 | Events

Text of a lecture given by Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and Chair of the Eminent Jurists Panel at the Faculty of Law in Cambridge on Friday 11 May 2007, as the Seventh Sir David Williams Lecture.

The lecture was entitled: “The Widening Gyre: Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law”. 

widening gyre-events-2007 (full text, PDF)

 

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