Counter-terrorism and the Detention of Suspected Terrorists: Preventive Detention and International Human Rights Law

by Claire Macken

Book Overview

In a regional, national and global response to terrorism, the emphasis necessarily lies on preventing the next terrorist act. Yet, with prevention comes prediction: the need to identify and detain those considered likely to engage in a terrorist act in the future. The detention of 'suspected terrorists' is intended, therefore, to thwart a potential terrorist act recognising that retrospective action is of no consequence given the severity of terrorist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415859212
• ISBN13: 9780415859219
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"