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"Contributors" [2018] ELECD 156; in Nowak, Manfred; Charbord, Anne (eds), "Using Human Rights to Counter Terrorism" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) vi

Book Title: Using Human Rights to Counter Terrorism

Editor(s): Nowak, Manfred; Charbord, Anne

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781784715267

Section Title: Contributors

Number of pages: 5

Extract:

Contributors Richard Barrett has worked for the British government in the Security Service (MI5), the Foreign Office and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). He was Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations both before and after the 9/11 2001 attacks in the United States. From March 2004 to January 2013, he headed the UN Monitoring Team concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban. He also helped found the UN Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), a coordinating body that aims to ensure effective counter-terrorism cooperation within the UN system. Within the CTITF, he led Working Groups on terrorist use of the Internet and on countering the appeal of terrorism. He was also known for his work on countering the financing of terrorism and is an adjunct Professor of Law and Financial Integrity at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He advises governments and international organizations on violent extremism and conflict resolution. Anne Charbord is a human rights lawyer who specializes in human rights and security. Since 2006, she has worked in various capacities for the United Nations (UN), including with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. She has served as an advisor to the first two UN Special Rapporteurs on the protection and promotion of human rights while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin and Ben Emmerson, and led the OHCHR's initial work in the CTITF. She also provides advice to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on human ...