Contents
INTRODUCTION
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
A. State duty to protect
B. Compatibility of counter-terrorism measures with human rights obligations
C. Relation of human rights and international humanitarian law in their application to
counter-terrorism measures
II. STATES OF EMERGENCY
A. Rules concerning derogation measures
B. Procedural aspects
III. SPECIFIC RIGHTS
A. Right to life
B. Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
C. Conditions of detention
D. Pre-trial and administrative detention
D.1 Judicial control and prohibition of arbitrary detention
D.2 Charges and right to be informed of the reasons for arrest
D.3 Prolonged pre-trial or administrative detention
D.4 Incommunicado detention
E. Right to fair trial
E.1 Presumption of innocence and other rights
E.2 Military and other special courts
E.3 Right to appeal
F. Principle of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege)
G. Access to counsel
H. Freedom of thought, conscience and belief
I. Right to political participation, freedom of opinion, expression and assembly
J. Freedom of movement
K. Freedom from discrimination
L. Treatment of non-nationals (including asylum, expulsion and non-refoulement)
Annex I: Relevant provisions of international instruments
Annex II: General Comment No. 29 of the UN Human Rights Committee
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