http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/war_terror_040707 Comments for "Is the "war on terror" being won?, Samer Shehata Ortwin Hennig Thomas Hammarberg " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/war_terror_040707 <strong>Thomas Hammarberg, Human Rights Commissioner, Council of Europe</strong> <p>I take issue with whole idea of a &quot;war on terrorism&quot;. The fight against terrorism should not be seen as a &quot;war&quot;. This is because some governments feel that different rules apply in warfare that can justify human rights abuses. </p><p>Terrorism should be regarded as a serious crime and combated as such. In fighting crime, human rights and the rule of law are not put aside - these principles must be central to the fight against terrorism too. If we look at the general response to terrorism by governments, we see far too many examples of human rights violations. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/war_terror_040707" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/war_terror_040707">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/war_terror_040707#comment Creative Commons normal democratic society human rights multilateralism Ortwin Hennig rule of law Samer Shehata terrorism Thomas Hammarberg Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:03:21 +0100 KVB Tharoor 33918 at http://www.opendemocracy.net