Detention in the ‘War on Terror’ Can Human Rights Fight Back?
Detention in the ‘War on Terror’ Can Human Rights Fight Back? by Fiona de Londras, published by Cambridge University Press on July 2, 2015, is a reprint edition comprising 328 pages. This book provides an overview of counter-terrorist detention practices in the United States and the United Kingdom, examining how both nations have sought to adjust international human rights standards during emergencies. Fiona de Londras presents a critical analysis of the influence of societal panic on the design and implementation of these policies.
Readers will find that the book addresses the complexities of counter-terrorist detention through a unique analytic framework. De Londras argues that, unlike domestic laws in the US and UK, international human rights law has largely maintained its integrity against the pressures of counter-terrorist measures. This resilience has, according to the author, empowered higher courts in both countries to challenge oppressive detention laws and advocate for enhanced rights protections for individuals suspected of terrorism. The work engages with themes of political science, human rights, and international relations, making it a significant contribution to the discourse on law and human rights in the context of national security.
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Fiona de Londras presents an overview of counter-terrorist detention in the US and the UK and the attempts by both states to achieve a downward recalibration of international human rights standards as they apply in an emergency. Arguing that the design and implementation of this policy has been greatly influenced by both popular and manufactured panic, Detention in the ‘War on Terror’ addresses counter-terrorist detention through an original analytic framework. In contrast to domestic law in the US and UK, de Londras argues that international human rights law has generally resisted the challenge to the right to be free from arbitrary detention, largely because of its relative insulation from counter-terrorist panic. She argues that this resilience gradually emboldened superior courts in the US and UK to resist repressive detention laws and policies and insist upon greater rights-protection for suspected terrorists.
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