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Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective

Terrorism has become one of the most used (and arguably, abused) terms this decade. Not only has the world been shaken by this phenomenon in the form of various high profile, high publicity attacks; it has also been forced to take action. Unfortunately, these actions have often had and continue to h...

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Main Author: Mayet, Shabnam Ebrahim
Other Authors: Nakhjavani, Salim
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Language:English
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Published: Department of Public Law 2026
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description Terrorism has become one of the most used (and arguably, abused) terms this decade. Not only has the world been shaken by this phenomenon in the form of various high profile, high publicity attacks; it has also been forced to take action. Unfortunately, these actions have often had and continue to have devastating and dangerous effects not only on the direction of world politics, but also on both the victims of state violence as well as the general health of civil society itself. The effects of terrorism, or rather the discourse around it, can be seen most vividly in the 'descending spiral' of the protection of human rights.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43114 Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective Mayet, Shabnam Ebrahim Nakhjavani, Salim Public International Law Terrorism has become one of the most used (and arguably, abused) terms this decade. Not only has the world been shaken by this phenomenon in the form of various high profile, high publicity attacks; it has also been forced to take action. Unfortunately, these actions have often had and continue to have devastating and dangerous effects not only on the direction of world politics, but also on both the victims of state violence as well as the general health of civil society itself. The effects of terrorism, or rather the discourse around it, can be seen most vividly in the 'descending spiral' of the protection of human rights. 2026-04-22T09:54:48Z 2026-04-22T09:54:48Z 2009 2026-04-22T09:53:32Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43114 en eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective
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title_full Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective
title_fullStr Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective
title_full_unstemmed Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective
title_short Human rights violations resulting from anti-terror laws - a South African perspective
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