TY - JOUR
T1 - Human rights dilemmas in using informers to combat terrorism
T2 - The Israeli-Palestinian case
AU - Cohen, Hillel
AU - Dudai, Ron
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Using informers is a basic tool in preventing terror attacks and the nature of current terror threats makes it even more crucial. This use, however, often leads to human rights violations, both of the informers and by them, and to many problematic ethical questions. Drawing on the Israeli-Palestinian example - where a main strategy of Israeli intelligence activity in the Palestinian areas has been an extensive use of informers - this article presents the main human rights dilemmas in the field, divided into three stages: recruitment, operation and post-operation obligations, and also points to the possible counter-productive consequences of such a use.
AB - Using informers is a basic tool in preventing terror attacks and the nature of current terror threats makes it even more crucial. This use, however, often leads to human rights violations, both of the informers and by them, and to many problematic ethical questions. Drawing on the Israeli-Palestinian example - where a main strategy of Israeli intelligence activity in the Palestinian areas has been an extensive use of informers - this article presents the main human rights dilemmas in the field, divided into three stages: recruitment, operation and post-operation obligations, and also points to the possible counter-productive consequences of such a use.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=32144453540&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09546550490520709
DO - 10.1080/09546550490520709
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AN - SCOPUS:32144453540
SN - 0954-6553
VL - 17
SP - 229
EP - 243
JO - Terrorism and Political Violence
JF - Terrorism and Political Violence
IS - 1-2
ER -
