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Torture and Evidence

09/12/2005 By Jessica Almqvist

One essential component of effective counter-terrorism is the criminal prosecution of perpetrators of terrorist acts.

No matter how much emphasis is placed on the importance of this measure, it can only be effective provided that sufficient evidence can been collected and handed to the courts that are assigned to prosecute and punish those who are responsible for these acts.

The issue of how to improve the capacity of producing evidence for the purpose of prosecution takes on renewed importance in the light of the few trials that have taken place in response to the 9/11 in the US and elsewhere. Indeed, none of them have wielded any significant results.

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Keywords

Human rights Justice War on terror

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Bio author: Jessica Almqvist

PhD in Law from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2002) and LL.M. in International Law and Cand. Jur. from the University of Lund, Sweden (1993). Jessica Almqvist has worked on several topics, including international law, international justice, and human rights.