The new Human Security Act allows the Philippines to combat terrorism while preventing human rights violations

The second in toD's roundtables on the state of the so-called "war-on-terror".

Scholars and policy-makers probe the conduct of global counterterrorism.

Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur for torture, criticises the Bush administration's use of "extraordinary rendition", warning that torture spreads "like an infectious disease."

Lawyer and human rights activist Geoffrey Bindman argues against impending additions to Britain's already cumbersome and problematic baggage of anti-terrorism law.

Martin Scheinin, UN special rapporteur on human rights and terrorism, warns the Bush administration that its policies may do more harm than good.

The blunt brutality of India's Maoist insurgents cannot be countered with equal violence.

In Sri Lanka, citizen journalism promises to wage the battle against terrorism and brutality through democratic means.

Colombian human rights activist, José Daniel Álvarez denounces the impunity granted to the paramilitaries by a recent government plan.