AS I had predicted, the first petitions against the newly enacted and approved Anti-Terrorism Law have been filed. Others will follow. And the paradox that is not lost to me is that the objection so far raised against the law is that it poses a dire threat to human rights if not their outright violation by the very provisions of the law.

I have thought it useful to look into how international law has dealt with terrorism, which, after all, is not a domestic problem but one that straddles many national borders. Furthermore, I subscribe to the precept of international minimum legal standards.

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