Advanced Summer Programme on Countering Terrorism in the post -9/11 World

Aug 22, 2011 - Aug 26, 2011

Project description

Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001, the world has witnessed a significant intensification of predominantly repressive counter-terrorism measures, both on a national and international level. Widespread consensus is now emerging that instead of solely prosecuting terrorists after the event, terrorism requires an emphasis on prevention. Hence, governments have made considerable investments to support and coordinate the struggle against violent extremism and have broadened legal regimes to allot those actors responsible for preventing terrorism special and increased powers. What are the ramifications of this shift in focus to preventing attack for the international legal framework in which governments and counter-terrorism actors operate? Has the nature of the threat of terrorism changed over the last decade? To what extent is the current set of legal mechanisms and policy measures in sync with the contemporary threat? What are the key human rights challenges and trends in (counter-) terrorism?
This summer course has been organized for the 4th edition (2014) since its initiation (2011)

Topic

Countering-Terrorism; Radicalization; International Law

Objective

Development and execution of a one week programme on counter terrorism studies;
-Development of an e-learning platform;
-Organization of study trips;