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UN unanimously passes resolution to combat 'foreign terrorist fighters'

25 September 2014

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"Human Rights Watch said the push risked repeating the mistakes of the post-9/11 era: “The resolution says nothing about due process protections, yet calls on states to apprehend people at borders. It does nothing to prevent governments from carrying out abusive counterterrorism policies and practices,” said the group’s Andrea Prasow."

See the full text: UN unanimously passes resolution to combat 'foreign terrorist fighters' (Guardian, link)

See: UN Press release (pdf) and: Resolution: full-text (pdf)

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