Since the attacks carried out against the United States on 9/11, there has been a renewal in efforts against terrorism, giving rise to the current existence of the “War on Terror”. However the resulting policies, especially those adopted by the US, have been questioned in terms of their implications for human rights. In order to understand how the policies of the War on Terror have impacted human rights, I will first offer a definition as to what human rights are as well as they key practices adopted by the United States in their counter-terrorism efforts. The second half of this essay will then examine the impacts these policies have had both domestically and within foreign policy. In doing so, this essay will be able to conclude that whilst
