This class exists in these courses :
• Faculté de Droit Lille - Master 2 DIE Droits de l'Homme Sécurité et Développement - S1 - 3 ECTS

Prerequisites

Students should have a basic knowledge of international law and human rights law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students should be able to realize the legal challenges the fight against terrorism raises for the rule of law and human rights and critically assess risks and prospects. In this regard they will be introduced to the definition(s) of terrorism, the various legal frameworks and the particular challenges towards specific norms. Additionally they will discuss current phenomena, the most updated jurisprudence and think critically on relevant case studies.

Course description

- Introduction: to the basic concepts ( terrorism, rule of law, counter terrorism)

-Implications of counter terrorism on Rule of Law

-State of emergency

-Focus on particular rights

-Country case studied

-Contemporary Challenges

1st seminar Introduction to the Concepts

What is terrorism?

What is Rule of Law?

What is counter-terrorism?

The "War on Terror" and its legal implications for the Rule of Law

2nd seminar What is Terrorism, and How Do States Respond?

- Ben Saul, Defining Terrorism, a conceptual framework, in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF TERRORISM, A. Gofas, R. English, S.N. Kalyvas, E. Chenoweth, eds, OUP, 2019

-Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Case No. STL-11-01/I (Interlocutory Decision on Applicable Law, Feb. 11, 2011) (¶¶ 83-113)

-Int’l Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, art. 2

-UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)

-UN Security Council Resolution 1566 (2004)

UN Action to counter terrorism

-https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/ctitf/un-global-counter-terrorism-strategy

-UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee

https://www.un.org/sc/ctc/

UN RoL Unit

https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/

3nd Seminar How Terrorism affects the ideal of Rule of Law

(Rights of victims of human rights/Risks of counter terrorism towards human rights)

-Fionualla Ni Aolain, How Can States counter terrorism while protecting human rights?, 45 Ohio Northern University Law Review, 2019

-Myriam Feinberg, International counterterrorism – national security and human rights: conflicts of norms or checks and balances?, 19 The International Journal of Human Rights, 4 2015

-Hellen Duffy, International human rights law and terrorism: an overview in Research Handbook on Int’l Law & Terrorism(2014)

- Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights ,Terrorism and Counter Terrorism, Fact Sheet No32

- Andrea Bianchi, Counterterrorism and International Law in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF TERRORISM, A. Gofas, R. English, S.N. Kalyvas, E. Chenoweth, eds, OUP, 2019

- UN Security Council Resolution 1624(2005)

-European Court of Human Rights Factsheet on Terrorism and the European Convention on Human Rights

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Terrorism_ENG.pdf

-Council of Europe Commissioner For Human Rights

https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/thematic-work/counter-terrorism

-UN Secretary General Report The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, A/63/337 2008

4rth seminar How Terrorism affects the ideal of Rule of Law ( States of Emergency)

-Evan J. Criddle* & Evan Fox-Decent, Human Rights Emergencies and the Rule of Law 34 Human Rights Quarterly (2012)

-Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on the human rights challenge of states of emergency in the context of countering terrorism* (2018)

- UN Human Right Committee, General Comment 29(2001)

- UN Human Rights Committee General Comment 31 (2004)

- UN Human Rights Committee General Comment 35(2014)

Recommended books:

Cark Schmitt, Political Theology

Giorgio Agamben, State of Exception

Oren Gross and Fionualla Ni Aolain, "Law in Times of Crisis: Emergency Powers in Theory and Practice" (CUP 2006)

Counter terrorism: Democracy's Challenge, Bianchi & Keller eds., ( Hart 2008)

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