Abstract
War rarely is good for human rights. The decision of the United States to launch a “global war on terror” in response to the suicide airplane bombings in New York and Washington has had predictably negative human rights consequences. In combating a tiny network of violent political extremists, human rights have in various ways, both intentional and unintentional, been restricted, infringed, violated, ignored, and trampled in many countries, sometimes severely.
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Donnelly, Jack
(2005)
"Human Rights and the War on Terror: Introduction,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 41.
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