Counter-terrorism and the Detention of Suspected Terrorists

This book analyses the preventative confinement of suspected terrorists with regard to different models of counter-terrorism policy within the context of international human rights law. The book is written from a global perspective drawing on cases and practice from different jurisdictions including the US, the UK and Australia.

Auteur

Dr Claire Macken is the Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) in the School of Law at Deakin University, Australia.

Résumé
The maritime environment includes both the water resource of the terrestrial coast and estuarine and coastal inshore waters. This book, for undergraduate students and those training in the field, relates the need to manage water-based leisure activities with the need to manage the maritime environment on which they depend.

Contenu

1. Preventive Detention - Background, History and Practice 2. The Right to Personal Liberty in International Human Rights Law as a Legal Framework for the Consideration of State Preventive Detention Laws 3. The Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists Pursuant to a State of Emergency in International Human Rights Law 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Purposes of Preventive Detention 5. The Way Forward - A Model Law for the Detention of Suspected Terrorists within a Criminal Law Framework 6. Conclusions as to the Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists in International Law