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September 2001: impacts on human rights work (2002)
Introduction
Human Rights after September 11 discusses changes in the international political environment after the suicide attacks on the United States in 2001. It examines threats to civil liberties, discrimination and the polarisation of public opinion, United States exceptionalism, and some of the large human rights challenges that lie ahead.
Research team
Biographical affiliation was accurate when research took place.
Research director
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Research Director, ICHRP, 1998-2004. For more information on this project, please contact Fairouz El Tom, Research and Publications Officer, ICHRP.
Additional editing and writing were made by Robert Archer, Executive Director, ICHRP.
Rapporteur
Nejla Sammakia, was Civil Affairs Officer with the United Nations Special Mission in Afghanistan until October 2001. Previously, she was Researcher at Human Rights Watch and, earlier, at Amnesty International. Nejla Sammakia has also worked as Gaza Strip and West Bank Correspondent for Agence France Presse (AFP). Her area of expertise is in research and investigative writing with international human rights organisations and in journalism with international news agencies.
Researchers
Abdullahi An-Na’im, Professor of Law, Emory University, Georgia.
Richard Carver, Director, Oxford Media Research, Oxford.
Stephen Ellis, Professor and Senior Researcher, African Studies Centre, University of Leiden.
Thomas Hammarberg, Chair, ICHRP; Secretary General, Olof Palme International Centre.
Nick Howen, Regional Adviser for Asia-Pacific to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bangkok.
Makau Mutua, Professor of Law, State University of Buffalo, New York.
Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General and CEO, CIVICUS.
Hugo Slim, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
Patricia J. Williams, Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York.
Documents
Report
Working papers
A Rights-based Understanding of the Anti-globalisation Movement
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By What Authority? The Legitimacy and Accountability of Non-governmental Organisations
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Claiming a Humanitarian Imperative: NGOs and the Cultivation of Humanitarian Duty
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Human Rights after 11 September: Civil Liberties, Refugees, Intolerance and Discrimination
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Human Rights in Foreign Policy: Current Dilemmas
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Humanitarian Action in an Age of Terrorism
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Military Force and Criminal Justice: the U.S. Response to 11 September & International Law
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Peace, Poetry and Pentagonese
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September 11 and the Present International Crisis
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September 2001: Impacts on Human Rights Work
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Terrorism and Human Rights: Power, Culture, and Subordination
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The Anti–globalisation Movement: Strengths, Weaknesses and Lessons for Human Rights Advocacy
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The Indirect Effects of the September 11th Events and their Aftermath in Relation to Drugs Trade, Arms Trade, International Crime and Financial Crime
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The Role of the Media After September 11th
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“Difference in Power” More than “Power of Difference”: Upholding the Universality of Human Rights against American and Islamic Jihad
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Funders
Links
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——— Pursuing Justice, Not Revenge: Amnesty International’s Position on Bringing to Justice those Responsible for the Crimes of September 11 and for Abuses Committed in Afghanistan. London: December 2001.
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