This information resource was developed and is maintained by Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development (vitae).  Questions or suggestions regarding the HRI Legal Resource Center can be sent to: admin@humanitarian.net.

"Perhaps the weakest area of the rule of law now concerns the issue of enforcement. It is a truism that international law lacks the police functions that are found in domestic legal systems -- it is instead a
system that still relies largely upon self-help when it comes to enforcement. The ability of the UN Security Council to perform its enforcement responsibilities under the Charter is limited by its need to
operate in consensus and by its practical inability to order enforcement actions, especially involving the use of military force, against one of its permanent members." -- Dhanapala, International Law, Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, 2002 Spring Meeting of the Section of International Law and Practice American Bar Association.
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In The Spotlight:

• Terrorist Threat Escalates as Weapons of Mass Destruction are Used in Iraq: Humanitarian Resource Institute,  19 May 2004.
  
• Homeland Security in the United States: Embracing a mission that requires coordinated and focused effort from the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector and the American People. 
• International Security and Law Enforcement - A Look Ahead: 
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson.

• Response to Terrorism: United Nations Resolutions, International Law, U.S. State Department.
• Security Law Resources Legislation, Regulations and Policy -- By Country: Baker & McKenzie E-Commerce Law Resources.
• Terrorism and National Security Law: MEGALAW
• Terrorism Resources: American Society of International Law