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Terrorism & Rule of Law / Working Paper

Facing the Victims in the Global Fight against Terrorism

14/01/2006 By Jessica Almqvist

The fate of victims of violent acts contrary to international law stands in urgent need of serious consideration by the international community.

Since 9/11 there has been a significant increase in the number of such victims. The trend is the result of the changing nature of international terrorism (high casualty or ‘catastrophic’ terrorism).

It is also the consequence of an upsurge of national counterterrorism  measures several of which are clearly at odds with fundamental principles of international human rights and humanitarian law.


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Human rights Terrorism 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.