CORE LIBRARY REPORT
Terrorism threatens human rights – the right to life, liberty, and individual security. However, measures taken to challenge extremism may themselves present a threat to human rights. This includes, for instance, the use of torture, and the repatriation of individuals to states where they may face human rights abuses. Since human rights largely exist to protect individuals from the power of the state, the ability of the state to justify limitations on human rights as part of a response to extremism and radicalisation allows states to evade their responsibilities to uphold human rights. Case studies explore the interactions of states’ requirement to address terrorism with their responsibility to defend human rights.