Control Orders Post 9-11 and Human Rights in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada – A Kafkaesque Dilemma?

150 Pages Posted: 25 May 2011 Last revised: 11 Jun 2011

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Sascha Dov Bachmann

Canberra Law School; NATO SHAPE; Swedish Defence University (FHS)

M Burt

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: May 17, 2011

Abstract

This article aims to assess the impact that the European Convention of Human Rights, incorporated into British law through the Human Rights Act 1998, has had on the control order regime in the United Kingdom. It will discuss recent British jurisprudence on the topical question whether there can be a true balance between the civil liberties of an individual and the need to protect state and society from a continuing terrorist threat. The article compares the UK’s present control order system of summer 2010 with similar legislation, which the Commonwealth jurisdictions of Australia and Canada enacted to protect their nations from the threat of terrorism. It will conclude with a discussion of possible reforms as well as other security measures that have been identified as alternatives to control orders and which form the basis of present UK governmental initiatives to limit scope and impact of Anti Terrorism Legislation.

Keywords: Control Orders, Human Rights, Terrorism, Security

Suggested Citation

Bachmann, Sascha-Dominik Oliver Vladimir and Burt, M, Control Orders Post 9-11 and Human Rights in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada – A Kafkaesque Dilemma? (May 17, 2011). Deakin Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1844172

NATO SHAPE ( email )

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Swedish Defence University (FHS) ( email )

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Stockholm, 114 28
Sweden

M Burt

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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