Rights in Focus - Human Rights Compliant Counter-Terrorism (by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin)
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In this guest article, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin asserts that the global expansion of counter-terrorism frameworks since 9/11, shaped in part by the UK’s own history of colonial exceptionalism, have fuelled authoritarian practices whilst undermining human rights and civil society. In response, she argues we urgently need a new approach grounded in evidence, trust, and human dignity.
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