Co Operation Against Terrorism Between The Council Of Europe And Its Member States And The International Criminal Police Organization Icpo Interpol

Co-operation between law enforcement authorities is a key aspect of the fight against terrorism. Recommendation Rec (2007) 1 of the Council of Ministers seeks to strengthen co-operation between member states in this area through enhanced use of the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO-lnterpol), including the Global Police Communications System I-24/7, relevant databases and the real-time, operational support for police services as set out in the appendix to this recommendation. The Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Terrorism (CODEXTER) is entrusted with the task of following-up its implementation.

This report outlines the work carried out in 2007 by the various bodies and sectors of activity of the Council of Europe.

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Together against Terrorism: Building Terrorism Resistant Communities, Washington D.C., USA, 26-27 September 2008."--T.p. verso.

Fighting Terrorism and Drugs is an examination of European states in their fight against terrorism and drugs, from the 1960s up to the present day. Jörg Friedrichs explores what makes large European states willing or unwilling to participate in international police cooperation against terrorism and drugs. The book examines forty-eight case studies, with particular regard to the policy preferences of the four largest and most politically important EU Member States: Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. The author argues that if a real understanding of international cooperation is to develop, it is important to understand what individual states want and why they want it. To explain state preferences, Friedrichs considers interests, institutions and ideas from domestic, national and international levels that can affect state preferences either positively or negatively. This theoretically coherent book looks at international police cooperation from a truly international perspective and will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, terrorism, criminology, international law and European integration.

The Council of Europe has been dedicated, since 1949, to upholding human rights, the rule of law and pluralist democracy. Terrorism repudiates these three fundamental values and the Council of Europe is determined to combat it. The Council of Europe has drafted a number of international legal instruments and standards which reflects the importance it attaches to combating terrorism and illustrate the underlying message of the Organisation, which is that it is possible to fight efficiently against terrorism while upholding the basic values that are the common heritage of the European continent.