Table of Contents

Foreword: National security and public health: exceptions to human rights? Myriam Feinberg, Laura Niada-Avshalom and Brigit Toebes 1. International counterterrorism - national security and human rights: conflicts of norms or checks and balances? Myriam Feinberg 2. Protecting 'national security' whistleblowers in the Council of Europe: an evaluation of three approaches on how to balance national security with freedom of expression Dimitrios Kagiaros 3. Resisting accountability: transitional justice in the post-9/11 United States Jonathan Hafetz 4. From the barrier to refugee law: national security's transformation from a balancing right to a background element in the realms of Israeli constitutionalism Solon Solomon 5. The use of incapacitating chemical agent weapons in law enforcement Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando 6. Human rights and public health: towards a balanced relationship Brigit Toebes 7. WHO International Health Regulations and human rights: from allusions to inclusion Andraz Zidar 8. Some scepticism on the right to health: the case of the provision of medicines Laura Niada-Avshalom

About the Author

Myriam Feinberg is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Haifa, Israel. She was previously teaching and conducting research at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and King's College London, UK. Laura Niada-Avshalom is Learning Adviser at the University at Westminster, London, UK. Brigit Toebes is an Associate Professor and Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.