• 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.

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Introduction

 

This Module introduces students to the international legal framework governing counter-terrorism responses. Framed around the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (CT Strategy), it identifies and discusses the complex matrix of key concepts, legal instruments and outputs, as well as diverse legal regimes that make up the global legal architecture that underpins the CT Strategy. As it will become apparent in the course of the University Module Series, these legal regimes are often interdependent and mutually reinforcing.

 

Learning outcomes

• Define key concepts which recur throughout this University Module Series, including the 'rule of law' and 'cooperation'.
• Introduce and explain the United Nations Global CT Strategy.
• Consider and compare different types of international, regional and national legal instruments and sources relevant to counter-terrorism that fall within the parameters of the CT Strategy.
• Discuss key concepts, principles and treaties underpinning the CT Strategy.
• Identify some of the key challenges relevant to achieving the CT Strategy's Pillar IV goals.

 

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