This article explores a controversial claim by the Commonwealth  Attorney-General that counter-terrorism legislation is justified by reference to  the obligations of governments to ensure their citizens' human security, which,  in tum, is suggested to flow from article 3 of the Universal Declaration of  Human Rights (UDHR).I As the title suggests, the article focuses upon and  analyses the views of the Attorney-General (the one Australian) and two  Canadians influential in the field of human security, as the Attorney-General's  particular assertions regarding human security and human rights have been  articulated and advanced by citing the writings of these two Canadians,  Irwin Cotler and Louise Arbour.