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UN Rapporteur, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights - Ben Emmerson QC

Will drone strikes and other counter terrorist measures simply breed more terror?

When a US drone kills a jihadi militant in Pakistan has a law been broken? What if the missile kills women and children too? Who can be held to account? Hardtalk speaks to Ben Emmerson, the British lawyer addressing these questions for the United Nations. He says drone strikes and other exceptional counter terror measures simply breed more terror - but does this liberal lawyer really know what's best in the struggle to make the world a safer place?

(Photo: Ben Emmerson QC, 2012. Credit: Matrix Chambers HO)

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Mon 13 Jan 2014 20:06GMT
大象传媒 World Service Online

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