ومنذ 11 أيلول/سبتمبر 2001، تعاظمت دواعي القلق التي تثيرها مكافحة الإرهاب كما دأبت بعض الدول على ممارستها داخل حدودها، حتى اتخذ هذا القلق بعدا عالميا.
On the subject of terrorism, the Working Group has stressed from the outset its “concern [at] frequent attempts by Governments to use normal legislation or to have recourse to emergency or special laws and procedures to combat terrorism and thereby permit, or at least to increase, the risk of arbitrary detention”.