New Global Survey Analyzes War and Human Rights
by Human Rights Watch

“Waging war is no excuse for ignoring human rights,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “In 2003, we saw too many governments invoke the demands of warfare to excuse their own misdeeds.”  An essay on the war against terror in the United States argues that the Bush administration is trying to shield a broad range of executive actions on national security from the kind of judicial review that is essential to protecting human rights.  

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