DETECTER

"Detection Technologies, Terrorism, Ethics and Human Rights"

 Coordinatore THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 

 Organization address address: Edgbaston
city: BIRMINGHAM
postcode: B15 2TT

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Robert
Cognome: Fekete
Email: send email
Telefono: 441214000000
Fax: 441214000000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Sito del progetto http://www.detecter.bham.ac.uk/index.shtml
 Totale costo 2˙424˙419 €
 EC contributo 1˙869˙684 €
 Programma FP7-SECURITY
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security
 Code Call FP7-SEC-2007-1
 Funding Scheme CP
 Anno di inizio 2008
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2008-12-01   -   2012-01-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

 Organization address address: Edgbaston
city: BIRMINGHAM
postcode: B15 2TT

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Robert
Cognome: Fekete
Email: send email
Telefono: 441214000000
Fax: 441214000000

UK (BIRMINGHAM) coordinator 713˙429.00
2    UNIVERSITETET I OSLO

 Organization address address: Problemveien 5-7
city: OSLO
postcode: 313

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Daniel
Cognome: Kjelling
Email: send email
Telefono: +47 22 84 20 12
Fax: +47 22 84 20 02

NO (OSLO) participant 332˙332.00
3    UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH

 Organization address address: Raemistrasse 71
city: ZURICH
postcode: 8006

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Daniel
Cognome: Moeckli
Email: send email
Telefono: +41 44634 3694
Fax: +4144634 4371

CH (ZURICH) participant 281˙053.00
4    Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

 Organization address address: Stora Graebroedersg. 17 B
city: Lund
postcode: 221 05

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Birgitta
Cognome: Jansson
Email: send email
Telefono: +4646 2221210
Fax: 46462221222

SE (Lund) participant 231˙500.00
5    ABO AKADEMI

 Organization address address: DOMKYRKOTORGET 3
city: ABO
postcode: 20500

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Katarina
Cognome: Frostell
Email: send email
Telefono: 35822154751
Fax: 35822153465

FI (ABO) participant 150˙854.00
6    EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE

 Organization address address: Via dei Roccettini 9
city: FIESOLE
postcode: 50014

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Serena
Cognome: Scarselli
Email: send email
Telefono: 390555000000
Fax: 390555000000

IT (FIESOLE) participant 130˙832.00
7    DANISH CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

 Organization address address: Strandgade 56
city: Copenhagen
postcode: 1401

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Anam
Cognome: Ashour
Email: send email
Telefono: +4532 69 86 91
Fax: +45 3269 8700

DK (Copenhagen) participant 29˙684.00
8    THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

 Organization address address: University Park
city: NOTTINGHAM
postcode: NG7 2RD

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Paul
Cognome: Cartledge
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 115 951 5679
Fax: +44 115 951 3633

UK (NOTTINGHAM) participant 0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'DETECTER aims at increasing the compliance of counter-terrorism with human rights and ethical standards in the rapidly changing field of detection technologies. The project addresses the increasingly international character of counter-terrorism, the increasing use of informal mechanisms for altering law-enforcement practice to meet the threat of terrorism, and the great variety of detection technologies and their uses. The partners agree on the need for human rights standards to be informed by dialogue with both manufacturers of detection technology and law-enforcement officials directly involved with counter-terrorism who use this technology and influence the development of products. The project combines applied ethical and legal research with this dialogue in order to affect the design and use of products, to make ethical and legal research better informed, and to innovate conceptually in a field that is developing with great speed.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU-funded research has promoted dialogue between detection technology manufacturers and counter-terrorism law enforcement officials who use this technology. The initiative helps to better align counter-terrorism activities with human rights and ethical standards.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The http://www.detecter.eu/ (DETECTER) (Detection technologies, terrorism, ethics and human rights) project combined applied ethical and legal research with dialogue for maximum impact on the design and use of related products. Teaming up with a global network of technology users and developers, partners addressed the increasingly international character of counter-terrorism, increasing use of informal mechanisms to meet its threat, and the wide range of detection technologies and their uses.

Specifically, they investigated the particular moral and legal risks of using various detection technologies related to counter-terrorism. DETECTER members explored ethical norms of counter-terrorism, unilateral exceptions to international law as related to terrorism, and pre-entry screening immigration in EU Member States and the responsibilities of airlines. Other focal areas included the internet and search criteria as well as data mining technologies. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with counter-terrorism professionals exploring their understanding and application of ethics and human rights in their work. Project as a whole resulted in proposals on how to avoid human rights infringements and safeguards for the use of surplus information.

Regarding the monitoring of detection technology usage, DETECTER examined the capabilities of European and global institutions to scrutinise and control secret state counter-terrorism methods. It also investigated the human rights risks of selected detection technologies such as video surveillance, biometrics, audio bugging, global positioning systems and radio frequency ID tags.

The team engaged the theoretical expertise of its partners with the judgements of law enforcement officials as to what technologies and laws are effective against terrorism as well as developers' understanding of what is technically possible and marketable. A final project conference helped to disseminate findings and new knowledge to stakeholders.

Deliverables include a comprehensive set of technology reviews and an annotated bibliography of sources (available on the website). Research papers elaborate on, among other topics, human rights norms in the fight against terrorism, humanitarian visas, and law and policy approaches related to human rights norms. The last paper offers eight policy recommendations aimed at correcting inadequacies and deficiencies in the EU's counter-terrorism policy.

DETECTER helped mark the balance between a need to save lives and protect the public with overstepping the right to privacy. It has also contributed to better informed ethical and legal research, with overall developments promising to help strengthen counter-terrorism while adhering to European values and ethics.

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