Combating terrorism and the human right to privacy

Abstract

Terrorism is a scourge that afflicts human society as a whole، the reason terrorism does not distinguish between people، and no except those who carry the idea and achieve its goals. The damage caused by terrorism is no longer limited to others، but terrorism is threatening everyone the reason of its direct and indirect negative influence. Also، in the midst of the fight against terrorism، one must not forget the important aspect of these matters، namely، that such a struggle should not be at the expense of human rights، and of course، between those rights: the human right to privacy. Counterterrorism operations violate the human right to privacy، this will be in the interests of terrorists، of course، and the reason terrorism works mainly against human rights. It is necessary to find a balance between the fight against terrorism on the one hand، and the protection of the human right to privacy on the other، the reason the protection of human rights must be the first of the highest before thinking about how to fight terrorism. If there are cases that require a choice between combating terrorism With the violation of the right to privacy، or not to face terrorism protection of the right to privacy، no doubt must choose the side of the protection of the right to privacy and to deter terrorism in a manner that does not lead to injury to the human right to privacy. In this study، we will try to fiad how to combat terrorism without prejudice to the protection of the human right to privacy. The choice of the title of the research is to link the fight against terrorism with the protection of the right to privacy، the reason that is the closest human rights affected by counterterrorism operations are the right to privacy in the early stages of Search for terrorists and distinguish innocent from them from the real terrorist.