• E4J University Module Series: Counter-Terrorism

• Module 10: Arrest and Detention

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • International legal framework
  • International human rights instruments
  • Regional human rights instruments
  • Key contemporary issues

• Exercises and case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• References

 

Published in July 2018.

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Advanced reading

 

This section recommends advanced readings for students interested in exploring the topic(s) of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module.

International/regional human rights law

• United Nations, General Assembly (2008). Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism . 6 August. A/63/223.
• De Londras, Fiona (2007). " The Right to Challenge the Lawfulness of Detention: An International Perspective on US Detention of Suspected Terrorists." Journal of Conflict and Security Law, vol. 12, issue 2, pp. 223-260.
• Trechsel, Stefan (2006). " The Rights Guaranteed to all Persons Deprived of their Liberty." In Stefan Treschsel, and Sarah Summers eds. Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Open Society Justice Initiative (2013). European Standards on Criminal Defence Rights: ECtHR Jurisprudence . April.
• United Nations, General Assembly (2015). United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on remedies and procedures on the right of anyone deprived of their liberty to bring proceedings before a court. Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention . June. A/HRC/30/XX.  
• Venice Commission (2010). Report on Counter-Terrorism Measures and Human Rights . 5 July. CDL-AD(2010) 022, Study no 500/2008.
• International Commission of Jurists (2016). Pre-Trial Rights in Africa: A Guide to International Human Rights Standards . Geneva.
• Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (2017). State of Emergency: Proportionality Issues Concerning Derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights . 27 February. AS/Jur(2017)03.
• IACommHR (2015). Towards the Closure of Guantanamo . 3 June. OAS/Ser.L/V/II Doc 20/15.
• IACommHR (2013). Report on the Use of Pretrial Detention in the Americas . 30 December. OEA/Ser.L/V/II.Doc 46/13.
• IACommHR (2011). Report on the Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas . 31 December. OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc 64.

 

Arrest and detention

• Silva, Asoka (2000). " The Right to be Informed of the Grounds of Arrest in Criminal Proceedings as guaranteed by the Constitutions of the South-Asian States and the European Convention on Human Rights." The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 4, issue 2, pp. 44-66.
• Van Der Walt, Tharien (2011). " The Use of Force in Affecting Arrest in South Africa and the 2010 Bill: A Step in the Right Direction?" Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp.  137-162.
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) (2008). Resolution 1634: Proposed law on forty-two-day pre-charge detention in the United Kingdom.
• Sen, Srijoni, Rukmini Das, Raadhika Gupta and Vrinda Bhandari (2015). " Anti-terror Law in India: A Study of Statutes and Judgments, 2011-2014 ." Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Ch. IV B and C.
• Kumar, Jitender (2017). " An analysis of Anti-Terrorism Laws in India." Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, vol. 3, issue 3.
• Salinas de Frias, Ana-María, Katja L. H. Samuel, and Nigel D. White (2012). Counter-Terrorism: International Law and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chs 18, 19, 20.
• Saul, Ben, ed. (2014). Research Handbook on International Law and Terrorism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, Ch 23.
• Shah, Sangeeta (2009). " From Westminster to Strasbourg: A and others v United Kingdom." Human Rights Law Review, vol. 9, issue 3, pp. 473-488.
• Eijkman, Quirine (2011). " Preventive Counter-Terrorism and Non-Discrimination Assessment in the European Union." Security and Human Rights, vol. 22, issue 2, pp. 89-101.
• McLoughlin, John P., Gregory P. Noone, and Diana C. Noone (2009). " Security Detention, Terrorism and the Prevention Imperative." Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, vol. 40, issue 3, pp. 463-505.
• Mueller, Tim N. (2014). " Preventive Detention as a Counter-Terrorism Instrument in Germany." Crime, Law and Social Change, vol. 62, issue 3, pp. 323-335.
• United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977 .
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners [the Nelson Mandela Rules]

 

Armed conflict

• Salinas de Frias, Ana-María, Katja L. H. Samuel, and Nigel D. White (2012). Counter-Terrorism International Law and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Ch 17.
• De Londras, Fiona (2011). " Can Counter-Terrorist Internment Ever be Legitimate?" Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 593-619.
• Droege, Cordula (2008). " Transfers of detainees: legal Framework, non-refoulement and contemporary challenges." International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 90, issue 871, pp. 669-701.
• Pejic, Jelena (2005). " Procedural Principles and Safeguards for Internment/Administrative Detention in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence." International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 87, no. 858, pp. 375-391.
• Hartmann, Jacques (2013). " Chapter 1: The Copenhagen Process: Principles and Guidelines." Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 16,pp. 3-32.
• Hill-Cawthorn, Lawrence (2016). Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Hakimi, Monica (2009). " International Standards for Detaining Terrorism Suspects: Moving Beyond the Armed Conflict-Criminal Divide." Case Western Reserve Journal International Law, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 593-650.
• Turner Johnson, James (2013). " A Dialogue: Ethics, Law and the Question of Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts." Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 16,pp.53-68.
• Lippold, Matthias (2016). " Between Humanization and Humanitarization? Detention in Armed Conflicts and the European Convention on Human Rights." Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht  ( ZaöRV ), vol. 76, pp. 53-95.
• Webber, Diane (2015). "Hassan v United Kingdom: A New Approach to Security Detention in Armed Conflict." American Society of International Law, vol. 19, issue 7.

 

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