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This chapter analyzes the reform of the counter-terrorism resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Focusing on the regimes created around Resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1267 (1999), the two cornerstones of UN action in counter-terrorism, the chapter maps the processes of resistance to and inclusion of human rights norms within the scope of these UNSC multilateral instruments. The chapter argues that human rights guarantees were subject to a dual process of contestation: a normative dispute between sovereignty and human rights norms, and an intra-institutional struggle between two competing approaches to counter-terrorism within the United Nations. The chapter advances this argument by providing a detailed analysis of the political process of reform of both Resolutions, focusing, in particular, on the designation mechanism of the 1267 targeted sanctions regime.
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Minnella, C.M. (2019). Counter-Terrorism Resolutions and Listing of Terrorists and Their Organizations by the United Nations. In: Shor, E., Hoadley, S. (eds) International Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism. International Human Rights. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3894-5_4-1
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