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Debate #271 · Terrorism, extremism and internal security

Has the war on terror undermined human rights and international law?

Asked 2 times · 2 years · English Essay · International Relations
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (2)PositionsSame themeHas the global war on terror reduced or intensified the terrorist threat?Is Pakistan's terrorism threat primarily homegrown or externally sponsored?Is radicalisation in Pakistan driven more by ideology or by socio-economic grievance?
+2 moreHas Pakistan's counter-terrorism policy, including the National Action Plan, succeeded?Has rising non-state power made state-centric security thinking obsolete?

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Examiners want: difficulty of defining terrorism, legal implications of the war on terror, human rights abuses, both sides

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2015
CSS · English Essay · Essay title

The war on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of human rights.

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2006
CSS · International Relations · Explain

What are the main problems in defining „terrorism‟? Also narrate the implications of the “War on Terrorism” for International Law.

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