Keywords
terrorism
civil rights
fundamental liberties
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Abstract
This article proposes a short presentation ofhow the terrorist phenomenon is handled bydifferent Constitutions, in Europe and America,and specifically in Chile. The main goal of thisarticle will be to try understanding, given the(re)appearance of terrorism at an internationallevel, how public safety can be maintained andif it should prevail over individual liberties, andover their defense and respect; given that thoseliberties are the basis of the constitution of anycountry that pretends to be democratic. As partof this strength battle, it will also be interesting tosee if a “democratic” constitution is a fit weaponto fight against international terrorism, or if it is necessary to step back from those texts in orderto fight terrorism efficiently.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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