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92 Can. B. Rev. 1 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/canbarev92 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 92 2013 No. 1 INTRODUCTION SYMPOSIUM: THE SOCIAL COST OF NATIONAL SECURITY Sukanya Pillay* Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the international community committed to work together to fight terrorism using specific strategies - extradition, mutual legal assistance, information sharing, intelligence gathering, and the prevention and suppression of terrorist financing. From a human rights perspective, the protection of individuals and territories against terrorist acts and threats was a duty of every state. However, what began to emerge internationally was a shift among democratic countries that had primarily been leaders of human rights. A new argument arose that the existing international legal framework was not able to deal with the new threat posed by transnational terrorist networks like al qaeda - and therefore certain norms could no longer be upheld. Unsurprisingly, non-democratic and repressive states not only welcomed this shift by democratic nations, but also began to depict repressive state activity as counter-terrorist and therefore beyond scrutiny. Peremptory norms such as the absolute prohibition against torture, fair trial and due process, and the right to be free from arbitrary detention were suddenly called into question as the US reportedly coopted nations to assist with extraordinary renditions,I secret prisons and enhanced General Counsel and Executive Director, Canadian Civil Liberties Association. 1 Human Rights Council, Joint Study on Global Practices in Relation to Secret Detention. 19 February 2010, online: <http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil /docs/13 session/A-HRC- 13-42.pdf>. THE CANADIAN BAR REVIEW LA REVUE DU BARREAU CANADIEN

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