An Intelligent Look At Terrorism With Phil Gurski

What is the role of respect for human rights in counterterrorism? Borealis talks to UK practitioner Tom Parker on what we have done well and what not so well.In this episode:►The obstacles been in getting consensus on defining terrorism in international law;►How can we do counter-terrorism better by taking human rights into account in a more systematic way?►Targeted killing seems to have become a favourite counter-terrorism strategy – should it be?►Respect for human rights is the key to defeating terrorism.  Can we get there?About my guest Tom Parker:Tom Parker has spent the past three years as a European Union-sponsored adviser to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Baghdad, Iraq, prior to which he served as a Counter-Terrorism Strategist at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and as the Adviser on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism to the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), where he co-authored the Secretary-General’s Plan of Action to Preven