Terror laws must balance ‘society and individual rights’

DELEGATES at a major international conference on global crime heard calls for a balance between individual rights and those of wider society in investigating and policing the “war on terror”.

The International Bar Association conference, on transnational crime, is taking place over three days this weekend. High-profile delegates include judges, lawyers, investigators and those involved in human rights activities.

The investigation of crime across borders and global policing at a time of increasing insecurity were discussed at the conference in Dublin yesterday.