The Dilemma on Counter Terrorism Approaches and Human Rights Protection in Kenya

Summary

Internationally, terrorism is a major concern due to its very nature of causing physical destruction of human lives and property. Resultantly, suffering is experienced through economic loss, insecurity and generally social disorder in society whose effects cannot be emphasized enough. The situation is worsened by a lack of a universal definition of terrorism. Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are disturbed by civil conflicts and there has been a controversy on how to deal with the perpetrators of these conflicts. Kenya has remained peaceful for decades and hosted thousands of refugees fleeing neighboring countries which countries have been disturbed by terror.

Keywords

Dilemma Counter-terrorism, Approaches, Human Rights, protection, Human rights law.

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