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International Human Rights Standards

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International human rights standards and norms are universal and all human rights are inter-related, inter-dependent. They do not allow any regional variation undermining and downgrading any international human rights standards. Similarly all anti terrorism laws of any nation must be universal in character and no regulation or regional circumscription should be allowed on the basis of religious fanaticism and fundamentalism and so-called glorification and designation of terrorist as freedom fighters. What is required is really the international cooperation and development of international legal standards against terrorism because terrorism per se is anarchy, anti democratic, subversive and a missionary of violence. International community therefore …show more content…

CTED was mandated to liaise with the Office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other human rights organisations in matters related to counter-terrorism. In its reports to the Security Council submitted as part of its comprehensive reviews of the work of CTED, which were later endorsed by the Council, the Committee said that CTED should take account of relevant human rights obligations in the course of its activities. In May 2006 the Committee adopted policy guidance for CTED in the area of human rights. The policy guidance further stipulated that CTC and CTED under direction of the Committee, should incorporate human rights into their communications strategy, as appropriate, noting the importance of States ensuring that in taking counter-terrorism measures they do so consistent with their obligations under international law, in particular human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law as reflected in the relevant Security Council …show more content…

Counter-Terrorism Legislations: Policy and Trends: Various laws regarding terrorism vis a vis human rights and their enforcement and judicial approach leads to conclude that strong national variations based on political interpretation for example US and UK anti-terrorism legislations are drastic and do not admit of any latitudes for fear of insecurity of states. The Indian laws, if they can be termed as laws against terrorism are ad hoc responses to public outcry against terrorist activities with apparent softness based on the pretext of human rights standards. The only so-called legislation on terrorism of year 2008 is simply a shy attempt to face the criticism of softness against terrorism. The approach of the National Human Rights Commission of India is astonishing when they plead that hardly any special laws are required against-terrorism. As a result there is hardly any anti terrorist laws in India to be

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