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IN DEPTH

HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER

TERRORISM OPERATIONS

“Human Rights And Coun- mentioned analysis it important to which use this type of method to
ter Terrorism Operations. The remember that, despite the fact achieve their goals, can be defined
Reasons We Fight The Ter- that the General Assembly in 2006 terroristic and therefore their com-
ror And How We Do It.” adopted a United Nations Global ponents are terrorists. Although,
Counter-Terrorism Strategy, whose taken into account the saying “one
By Major Marco Sutto
content will be considered later, man’s terrorist is another man’s
there is no agreed international freedom fighter”, the over mentio-
definition of terrorism and therefo- ned definition should be taken only
re every country or International for the purpose of this article, what
The purpose of this brief article is
to highlight the tight relation that Organization has the possibility to can be agreed on is that the terms
exists between human rights and define who a terrorist is. A com- terrorism and terrorist are used to
the counter terrorism operations mon ground derives from the defi- connote something “bad” and
conducted worldwide, especially in nitions given by IHL that approa- “morally wrong”. The main reason
destabilized or Peace Operations ches the issue looking at it as a of this conception is that victims of
areas, debating the fact that cer- way to exercise the violence or, terrorism, no matter if in conflict or
tain methods used to wage “war better, as “methods of warfare non-conflict situations, are mostly
on terror” sometime deny the very used by combatants with the intent civilians. The Human Rights Law
reason we condemn it and we of spreading terror among the civi- provisions establish that it is a State
tackle it. What I am referring to is, lian population”. Even outside con- responsibility to protect the popu-
specifically, the so called “targeted flict situations we could use the lat- lation under its jurisdiction, someti-
killings” method through the use of ter definition and interpretation of me even temporary restricting cer-
drones and related practices used what is terrorist act as “the use of tain Human Rights. Respecting,
in dealing with terrorist that are cri- intentionally indiscriminate violen- protecting and fulfilling the Human
ticized as far from being consistent ce as a means to create terror or Rights are every State obligations
with modern human rights stan- fear among masses of people to without implementing those duties
dards. Before proceeding with the achieve a religious or political there would be no reason for a
aim”. Organizations or groups, modern State to exercise its powers

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