25 Years of the ‘War on Terror’
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In interviews with various media outlets Helen Duffy, professor of international human rights and humanitarian law, discusses the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the ‘War on Terror’ that followed.
Among the ongoing human rights violations in the name of security is unlawful detention at Guantanamo Bay. This includes the detention without charge or trial of one of her clients, torture victim Abu Zubaydah, for almost 25 years.
Duffy describes how this and other cases illustrate the extent to which human rights have been eroded in the name of security since 9/11. In her blog, ‘A Quarter Century of Unheeded Warnings’, Duffy reflects on the war on terror more broadly and its implications for the many victims around the globe, the rule of law, and the human rights of us all.
'Terrorism is real and can be deadly, as we hardly need reminding on the anniversary of 9/11. But across autocratic and democratic states, the weaponization of the label jeopardizes our ability to respond to the very real and looming threats to human security today’, Duffy said.