Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.

Fighting terrorism is central to the human rights cause. But using illegal tactics against alleged terrorists is both wrong and counterproductive.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.

I am convinced that today terrorism poses the main threat to human rights and freedoms as well as to the sustainable development of states and people,

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.