The Committee of Experts on Terrorism , or CODEXTER , is an inter-governmental committee of experts of the Council of Europe . [1]
It was founded in 2003 to replace the Multidisciplinary Group on International Action Against Terrorism (GMT). [2]
One of the main functions of the organization is to make profiles of each member’s legislative and institutional counter-terrorism plans. [3] These profiles are short reports on member states‘ counter-terrorism measures. [4]
Criticism
Amnesty International HAS urged CODEXTER to delete the last paragraph of the organization’s Preamble, qui Attempts to define terrorism , as it „does not Sufficiently Distinguish entre unlawful acts and legitimate, non-violent opposition to the non-action or action of states“ [5 ]
References
- Jump up^ Council of Europe ArchivedWebsite2008-03-04 at theWayback Machine. accessed 4 March 2008
- Jump up^ Council of Europe4 March 2008
- Jump up^ United Kingdom Home Office website Archived2008-10-06 at theWayback Machine. accessed 4 March 2008
- Jump up^ Challenge – Libery & SecurityAccessed 4 March 2008
- Jump up^ Amnesty International’s representations on the February 2005 draft Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, accessed 4 March 2008 viaGoogle’s cache of the page