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Council of Europe: Special Rapporteur says Europe aided CIA renditions

Jun 16, 2006

On 27 June, Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur Dick Marty presented his final report to the CoE Parliamentary Assembly. He concluded that several cases of rendition operated by the CIA took place with the complicity of CoE member states. The Assembly...

EU: European Court of Justice annuls EU-US deal on passenger data

Jun 16, 2006

On 30 May, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) annulled the European Union Council decision approving a 2004 US-EU agreement on the transfer of airline passenger data, requested by the US to prevent terrorist attacks. The Court held that there was no adequate legal...

UN: Secretary General releases recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy

Jun 16, 2006

On 2 May, Secretary General Kofi Annan released his recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy, building on the “five Ds” outlined at the Madrid Summit in March 2005 –(1) dissuading people from resorting to terrorism or supporting it, (2) denying...

Turkey: Parliament adopts new anti-terrorism bill despite criticisms

Jun 16, 2006

On 29 June, the Grand National Assembly approved an amendment to the 1991 Anti-Terror Law. The amended legislation widens the scope of terrorism offenses and introduces a new offense of creating propaganda for the purposes of a terrorist organization. A variety of...

Germany: Constitutional Court rules against trawling of databases

Jun 16, 2006

On 22 May, the German Constitutional Court declared that the trawling of several private and public databases by the police to identify potential terrorists following the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US was unconstitutional. The Court held such action was...