Human rights are relevant to terrorism as concerns both its victims and its
perpetrators. The concept of human rights was first expressed in the 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which established "recognition of the
inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family. The
innocent victims of terrorism suffer an attack on their most basic right to live
in peace and security. The suspected perpetrators of attacks also have rights,
as members of the human family, in the course of their and prosecution, They
have the right not to be subject to torture or other degrading treatment, the
right to be presumed innocent