National Security and Human Rights

8/12/2019 National Security and Human Rights

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Programme Module

Topic Balancing National Security and Human Rights

Number of Participants 20 30

Participant Level Superior Court Judges or other relevant judicial officers

Teaching Level A high level so that the judges are

Sensitized to the complex issues of national security and

human rights principles at stae

given the tools to allo! them to "alance those issues in

their decision#maing$

Leader/Panel A high profile presenter% a Superior Court Judge% an expert on

&nternational 'a!

b!ectives" At the end of this session( participants !ill "e a"le to)

*$ +efine !hat is encompassed "y ,ational Security

2$ 'ist and explore !ays in !hich ne! ,ational security legislation nd government

policy affect existing constitutional- statutory- common la! .uman /ights

3$ &dentify the principles of &nternational 'a! and list the !ays in !hich nationalsecurity measures may infringe "asic human rights

$ &dentify and apply the principles of &nternational 'a! !hich are relevant indomestic cases involving ,ational Security

1$ &dentify the role of the judge and the factors relevant to "alancing ,ational

Security and .uman /ights generally !ith particular reference to)# aseparation of po!ers " judicial activism c scope of remedies$

4easura"le Self 5valuation 6orm)

7lease use a num"er "et!een * and 1 to rate the extent to !hich this o"jective !as met

1 5xcellent% 8ery 9ood% 3 9ood% 2 Average% * 7oor


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:eaching 7lan :iming for one day

Time Session #ontent

;$00# ;$*1 &ntroduction to the session &ce"reaer and &ntroduction

;$*1 ;$1 :he /ole of a Supreme Courtin a +emocracy and the 6ight

against :errorism

6eature interactive lecture "y apresenter such as hat is the domestic la! onnational security?

+omestic la! to "e su"stantiallyelicited from the group "ysuperior court judge$

Content to cover

ne! legislation%

current la! Constitution(

existing legislation(

common la! human

rights and

government policy on

,ational Security$

&n particular to)

&dentify the national

security issues covered "ythe ne! legislation

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list of the effects of the

ne! legislation onstaeholders

identify !hether there is

any conflict( uncertainty(

am"iguity arising from thene! legislation

6acilitator to use flip charts

**$1 *2$1 >hat are the internationalinstruments and norms relevant

to national security?

7resentation "y 6acilitator-5xpertin &nternational 'a! for *1

minutes( using po!erpoint

Content to cover the 6undamental6reedoms such as)

6reedom of Speech 6reedom of Association

/ight to 'ife and Security

/ight to 7rivacy

/ight to a 6air and

5xpeditious :rial

4inimum Standards of

7risoner /ights

+ue 7rocess of 'a!

6ollo!ed "y a half an hour groupdiscussion !ith t!o hypothetical

cases !hich raises the application

of


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arrest

interrogation

extended custody !ithout

charge Bpreventative

detention

no la!yer

no communication !ith

family

su"se=uently charged "ut

2 years later still no trial

2$00 2$30 9roup discussion +iscussion a"out the content of

the film in order to

identify the human rights

issues involved

and list them !ithreference to theinternational instruments

2$30 # 2$1 7lenary discussion :he 9roups reports "ac !ithfacilitation of the judge

2$1 3$30 7lenary Session Additional discussion on thehypothetical film !ith facilitation

"y the judge to elicit responses onthe follo!ing

to !hat extent should the

judiciary "e involved in

the issues raised judicial

activism

ho! can the judge

"alance the rights of

staeholders

!hat is the scope of the

remedies

se of flip charts3$30 3$1


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3$1 $30 >rap#p .as the program covered

the named o"jectives?

.as the program covered

your individual

o"jectives?

5valuation sheets

Teaching Tools

&ce"reaer 6lip Chart

9roup discussions 6ilm of hypothetical procedure'ecture .ypotheticals for group discussion

Short lecturette Short film

6acilitated general discussion

Bac$ground Material

,ational 'egislation eg

Constitution

,e! 'egislation on ,ational Security

5xisting 'egislation related to ,ational Security

&nternational &nstruments

:he +eclaration on 6undamental .uman /ights

:he &nternational Covenant on Civil and 7olitical /ights

:he &nternational Covenant on 5conomic( Social( and Cultural /ights

:he Convention on the 5limination of all forms of racial +iscrimination :he 8ienna Convention on the 'a!s of :reatiesArticles 2D and 2E

ayne 4acGay ,ational Journal of Constitutional 'a!

June 200D$

$alancing State Security and !rotection of Constitutional and Human Rights

.on$ Justice J$,$ 4ulenga /emars from CJ5&


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January( 200D

Canada&s Supreme Court Rules on Human Rights "' Security

Samuel 9$ 4c:yre &mmigration ,e!sJanuary( 2002

Security An (n"entory of Agency Considerations ) *+ecuti"e Summary

Canadian .uman /ights CommissionJune( 200F

Terrorists, Human Rights and the -nited #ations."y Arundhati 9hose

Can a terrorist get a fair trial?.B@ndelette Sunday August 2( 200; 1)1; pm

Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter/terrorism."y @ffice of the nited ,ations(.igh Commissioner for .uman /ights mainly

The Right to Fair Trial and A0mal 1asab."y ,andita .asar$

(s it really necessary to sacrifice fair trial standards to prosecute terrorism2. "y

+avid >eiss"rodt 7rofessor of 'a!( niversity of 4innesota

A 3egal Frame4or% for Detaining Terrorists *nact a 3a4 to *nd the Clash o"er

Rights."y ittes and 4ar 9itenstein$

Terrorism !re/Charge Detention Comparati"e 3a4 Study."y Jago /ussell


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B'BL'(R%PH) * #%S&S

National Security #ases

!eople&s -nion of Ci"il 3iberties 5!-C36 "s' -nion of (ndia 5-7(6 and Anr'

A&/*;;ESC1DF( +ecem"er *F( 200D

Canada5!rime 8inister6 "s' 1hadr

20*0 SCC 3( January 2;( 20*0

!ermanent Secretary 8inistry of Fine Affairs, !atric% 8anning, !rime 8inister

of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago "s' Fero9a Ram0ohn

Civil Appeal ,o$ E* of 200E /epu"lic of :rinidad and :o"ago Court of Appeal

July F( 200;

1artar Singh "' State of !un0ab*;; 3 SCC 1D;

State of 8aharashtra "' $harat Shanti 3al Saha : ors' 200F A&/ SC> D3*

Atif #asir 8ullah "' State of 8aharashtra200D *0F

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