Human Rights-Compliant Counterterrorism - Myth-Making and Reality in the Philippines and Indonesia

A critical take on the convergence of human rights discourse with the counterterrorism agenda revealing its effects on developing countries.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Human rights-compliant counterterrorism: emergence and consequences; 3. Counterinsurgency and the 'War on Terror' in the Philippines; 4. Promoting human rights while rejecting counterterrorism: three Filipino campaigns; 5. The anti-extrajudicial killings campaign and the government's response: failed remedy, changed rhetoric, continuing practice; 6. Indonesian terrorism discourse from Suharto to Bali; 7. Indonesia's legalised counterterrorism and divergent domestic reactions; 8. The post-Bali legacy: Densus 88 and impunity for extrajudicial killings; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Jayson S. Lamchek has worked as an attorney for civil society organisations in the Philippines for more than seven years, including the Public Interest Law Center which supported the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. During his work at PILC, he helped campaign against the War on Terror in the Philippines, and represented individuals wrongly accused of participation in terrorism. He was a recipient of graduate scholarship awards from Monbukagakusho (Japan), Erasmus Mundus (European Commission), and the Endeavour Awards (Australia).

Product details

• Authors: Jayson S Lamchek, Jayson S. Lamchek, Jayson S. (Australian National University Lamchek, Jayson S. (National University of Singapo Lamchek, Jayson S. (National University of Singapore) Lamchek
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108492331
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49233-1
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, Terrorism, armed struggle, Philippines, Indonesia, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Criminal law: terrorism law, Terrorism law