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Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin

UN rights expert says Security Council’s counter-terrorism measures lack legal basis

26 October 2010
An independent United Nations human rights expert said today that the regime created by the Security Council to counter terrorism is outside the scope of its powers, and called on the 15-member body to systematize its counter-terrorism measures and reporting duties of States under one framework rather than several resolutions.

Victims of terrorism in the spotlight as UN screens award-winning documentary

8 October 2010
The survivors of heinous acts of terrorism were the focus today as the United Nations hosted the screening of an award-winning documentary on a man whose wedding in Amman, Jordan, was transformed into a bloody massacre by an Al-Qaida suicide bomber.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Only global cooperation can thwart security threats, both old and new, Ban warns

5 October 2010
Only full international cooperation can counter global security threats, from long-standing issues like terrorism and nuclear proliferation to newer challenges such as cyber-crime to violent unrest from hunger and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today.