Counter-terrorism, the paradoxical fight: accountability in the international arena for States’ responses to terrorism

dc.contributor.advisor Jacqué, Jean-Paul
dc.contributor.author Reis, Saionara, Santana
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-12T14:32:18Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-12T14:32:18Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description Second semester University: Université de Strasbourg. en_US
dc.description.abstract The fight against terrorism entered the international agenda with full strength after the 11 September 2001 events. The development of terrorism into a transnational phenomenon urged states and intergovernmental organisations to act and to cooperate for its prevention and elimination. Hence, the 9/11 was followed by a boom of instruments, policies, legislations and campaigns focused on countering terrorism internally and over seas. However, this counter-terrorism “euphoria” has called the attention of scholars, experts and activists since the United States’ controversial invasion to Afghanistan later that year. Several violations of human rights and of international rule of law started being identified in different aspects of states’ efforts to deal with the challenge. In the end, the struggle against terrorism became a paradoxical fight: in order to protect fundamental rights and national security states put at stake esteemed values for the democratic order. Thus, this paper analyses how important international players i.e. United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the European Union and the Council of Europe are responding to this overwhelming scenario and explores their capabilities to properly address states’ misconducts regarding counter-terrorism measures. It concludes that, apart some good practices e.g. in the European level, a lot remains to be done to strengthen accountability in the supranational sphere. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/20.500.11825/450
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/1927
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries EMA theses 2013/2014;62
dc.subject Council of Europe en_US
dc.subject European Union en_US
dc.subject national security en_US
dc.subject NATO en_US
dc.subject terrorism en_US
dc.subject United Nations en_US
dc.title Counter-terrorism, the paradoxical fight: accountability in the international arena for States’ responses to terrorism en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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