Human Rights Panel Criticizes Blacklisting Methods

PARIS, Nov. 12 -- The methods used to blacklist terrorist suspects by the United Nations and European Union are "totally arbitrary" and "violate the fundamental principles of human rights and rule of law," a European human rights panel said Monday.

The Council of Europe's legal committee urged an international overhaul of regulations for blacklisting individuals and groups to provide them access to evidence, rights to a fair trial or impartial review within a reasonable time, and compensation for wrongful designation as a terrorist.