The Rule of Law and the protection of human rights are vulnerable to erosion when countries pass through periods of crisis. Armed conflict, terrorist campaigns, insurgencies, states of emergency, food crises, severe political instability, natural disasters, all may place enormous strain on the democratic institutions necessary for ensuring the enjoyment of human rights and the fair administrati…
The 11 succinct principles of the Berlin Declaration set out the legal norms that should guide the counter-terrorism measures in every state. The Berlin Declaration reflects existing international human rights law, criminal law, humanitarian law and refugee law.
The present publication contains extended versions of papers presented by some of the experts during a roundtable entitled The Death penalty: some key questions` organised by the International Commission of Jurist on 12 April 1999