• E4J University Module Series: Counter-Terrorism

• Module 3: Overview of the International Counter-Terrorism Legal Framework

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Defining the 'Rule of Law'
  • United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
  • International cooperation and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Strategy
  • Legal sources and the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
  • Regional and national approaches
  • International legal frameworks
  • International human rights law
  • International humanitarian law
  • International refugee law
  • Current challenges to the international legal framework

• Exercises and case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• References

 

Published in July 2018.

 

 

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International legal frameworks

 

The legal regimes primarily examined throughout this University Module Series are those which the international community has agreed form the fundamental basis of the international framework within which counter-terrorism efforts and responses should occur, as is reflected in the United Nations CT Strategy itself, as was previously discussed. These are the Charter of the United Nations; national/international criminal law; international human rights law; international humanitarian law; and international refugee law. Other applicable legal regimes include, e.g., law governing the use of force ( jus ad bellum). These do not form part of the current University Module Series which focuses mainly on criminal justice responses to terrorism since these should be the normal response. With the utilization of military force remaining exceptional.

This section introduces the key principles and sources governing international human right law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law, elements of which recur throughout the remainder of the University Module Series. International criminal law principles are discussed in Module 4. Additionally, legal principles relevant to particular issues are introduced and explained within the relevant topic specific Modules (see especially Modules 6-14).

 

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