I -- The Nature and Definition of Terrorism -- The International Framework for Countering Terrorism -- Counter-Terrorism in the Commonwealth -- Counter-Terrorism Law in Australia -- Counter-Terrorism Law in Canada -- Counter-Terrorism Law in New Zealand -- Counter-Terrorism Law in the United Kingdom -- II -- International and Regional Human Rights Law -- Limiting Rights Under International Law -- Human Rights in the Commonwealth -- III -- Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and International Law -- Human Rights Compliance in the Fight Against Terrorism -- The Domestic Criminalisation of Terrorism, and Its Definition -- Special Investigative Techniques and Rules of Criminal Procedure -- Arrest and Detention, and Investigative Hearings -- Derogations from the Right to Liberty -- Control Orders and Preventative Detention -- The Designation of Individuals and Groups as Terrorist Entities -- Speech, the Media, and Incitement to Terrorism -- Measures to Prevent the Transboundary Movement of Terrorists -- Conclusion.

This title takes a comparative approach to the evaluation of human rights in the prevention and punishment of terrorism within the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The text first looks at the question of defining terrorism, and examines the international and domestic frameworks for countering terrorism. The second part of the book provides an overview and analysis of international and regional human rights law and its capacity to allow for the limitation of rights and freedoms when pursing important objectives such as the countering of terrorism, as well as providing a comparative review of human rights laws in each country. The final and most extensive part of the text begins with an overview of the interaction between counter-terrorism and human rights, followed by thematic and case study evaluations of discreet topics.