The establishment of new counter-terrorism measures has become a critical global threat to human rights and the rule of law.
The ICJ Secretary-General, Nicholas Howen, presented a speech on counter-terrorism and human rights at the ICJ’s Biennial Conference.
Counter-terrorism and Human rights: Challenges and Responses [full text of speech, PDF]
Today, 150 international lawyers from around the world adopted a Declaration on Upholding Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Combating Terrorism.
The Declaration, adopted at the close of the ICJ’s biennal conference, highlights the grave challenge to the rule of law brought about by recent excessive counter-terrorism measures and many old counter-terrorism laws that have been a problem for decades.
The international legal and human rights community must mobilize and take a global leadership role to show how the rule of law and human rights can and must be respected in addressing terrorism, Nicholas Howen, Secretary General of the ICJ said today in Berlin.
The ICJ will conduct its Biennial Conference on the theme “Counter terrorism and Human Rights – Challenges and Responses” on the 27th – 29th August in Berlin, Germany.
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