Monday, September 22, 2008
Normalising Violence
War on Terror: lessons from Northern Ireland, a report by the Committee on the Administration of Justice in Belfast, looks at the problem of normalising violence. As the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg remarked, "The experience in Northern Ireland was that such [counter-terrorism] laws corroded the normal criminal justice system and politicised the rule of law."
Read the CAJ report summary online here, or order the full report here.
Read the CAJ report summary online here, or order the full report here.
