Detection Technologies, Counter-Terrorism Ethics, and Human Rights
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Tuesday, May 31 · 12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Rom 456, Domus Nova
St. Olavs plass 5
Oslo, Norway
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Stipendiat Rozemarijn van der Hilst presenterer prosjektet «Detecter»:
The project aims to co-ordinate and contribute work on detection technologies, counter-terrorism, ethics and human rights. After 9/11 and the terrorist bombings in Madrid and London, policing and intelligence activity have increasingly focused on methods of preventing future attacks, and not just on identifying the perpetrators of offences already committed. … Preventive police work includes the use of detection technologies. These range from CCTV camera-surveillance of suspicious behaviour in public places to secret Internet monitoring and data-mining. |
Such technologies raise ethical and legal issues (notably issues of privacy) that must be confronted against the background of the legal and ethical issues raised by counter-terrorism in general.
Legal questions arise about counter-terrorism in general, because recent informal co-operation agreements between European heads of government may conflict with pre-existing legal commitments on the part of the same governments to safeguard freedom of association, free expression and privacy.
Are significant intrusions into privacy justified by the need to save life or to protect democracy? In particular, within what limits is a policy of preventive policing – policing before a crime is committed – justified?
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