The Right to Liberty and Security versus Counter-Terrorism under International Law

Analysing the Ethiopian legal and institutional frameworks as a case study of an ‘authoritarian state’

Shimels Sisay Belete (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

504 Seiten

2018
PubliQation (Verlag)
978-3-7458-6996-5 (ISBN)

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Particularly in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack, the threat of terrorism, however, defined, has been invoked as a common 'justification' in the pursuit of remodelling policies, laws, and institutions, both at the international and in the domestic politico-legal showground. The broader central theme that this book explores is the normative vibe under which the present-day counterterrorism discourse is construed and sculpted in the legislative and institutional structures of an authoritarian state where the political power and government institutions are functioning under a single-party-monopolised system. Presenting the Ethiopian legislative and institutional frameworks as a case study, the book critically reflects on the extent that the international legal and/or institutional counterterrorism response is sensitised in a manner lessening the risk of conflating authoritarian regime's unbearable reactions to citizens' legitimate demands and resistances against its repression vis-àvis that of its response to the common threat of international terrorism. In particular, the book ponders whether or not the range of the substantive and procedural aspects of the Ethiopian antiterrorism legislative and institutional frameworks are wrought to fit into the main objectives and standards that emanate from the pertinent international laws relating to terrorism and the international human rights law as well as the domestic constitutional law maxims.

Shimels S. Belete is a co-founder and serves as a volunteer human rights law expert for the international human rights NGO called Human Rights Matter (HRM); based in Berlin. He also teaches as assistant lecturer on a part-time at Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder). Until 2014, he was Dean of the School of Law, Head of the Legal Aid Centre, and Lecturer in Laws at Wollo University, Ethiopia

Erscheinungsdatum	05.12.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 220 mm
Gewicht	869 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht
Schlagworte	Counter terrorism • Ethiopia • Human Rights • International Law • terrorist organisation
ISBN-10	3-7458-6996-6 / 3745869966
ISBN-13	978-3-7458-6996-5 / 9783745869965
Zustand	Neuware