Case study: Kenya
Contact persons: Tom Kagwe and Javas Bigambo
Title: Legal, policy and other considerations in counter-terrorism: an inquiry into the challenges for international cooperation with respect to security in Kenya.
Description:
Through an examination of relevant provisions of the United Nations’ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and Kenya’s own national Constitution, this study seeks to explore inconsistencies discernible in the work of state and non-state actors, both internal and external, relating to such derogations in the context of counterterrorism. This study aims to establish which human rights are negated by current counterterrorism efforts in Kenya and to propose viable legal, policy and other counterterrorism measures in line with Kenya’s human rights and humanitarian obligations.
The objectives of this study are (a) to determine the causes, nature, extent of and motivations informing terrorism in Kenya; (b) to examine the place of international human rights and humanitarian law in counterterrorism exercises in Kenya; and (c) to propose options for more appropriate legal, policy and other counterterrorism measures by relevant security actors nationally, regionally and internationally; and (d) to compile and disseminate a comprehensive report and recommendations on counterterrorism and human rights violations, as well as the role of state and non-state actors, both internally and externally.
For more information, contact Tom Kagwe or Javas Bigambo, KHRI, or Wale Ismail or Elisabeth Sköns, SIPRI.
