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Special Registration Report

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Such violations of human rights have not only taken place in the international arena, but also at the domestic level as well. After the events of 9/11, the US saw a sharp increase in discriminatory racial profiling and restriction of civil liberties for its citizens (Welch, 2004, pp 5). An example of this can be seen with the Special Registration Program issued by the Justice Department in 2002 that applied to non-immigrant male visitors from certain countries that were associated with terrorism. The program, also known as the Domestic Call-in Registration, has involved policies such as fingerprinting, photographing and the interviewing of more than 46,000 students, tourists and businessmen. Further investigation into the policy has concluded that the program was characterised by cultural insensitivity and unprofessional conduct (Welch, 2004, pp 6). I would also note that the government is yet to charge a single one of the thousand-plus …show more content…

Through a number of laws aimed largely at deterrence after the 9/11 attacks, such as instituting severe penalties for aircraft hijacking, the US government has helped protect American citizen’s rights to life and property. For example, in 1973 legislation was introduced that made boarding-gate security measures mandatory throughout America and as a result, US hijack attempts dropped from 31 to 3 and 3500 pounds of high explosives, 2000 guns and 23,000 knives and other lethal weapons were found (Wilkinson, 2006, pp 128). Although such legislation was put in place before the War on Terror, similar legislation has been passed post-2001 and so the findings can be extrapolated to suggest that stricter security measures employed in the War on Terror have helped to protect civilians from further attack and in turn protect their basic human rights such as the right to

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