G8 Justice and Home Affairs Ministers

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• Building International Political Will and Capacity to Combat Terrorism: a G8 Action Plan

  14 September 2005
  The international community has been united in fighting against international terrorism since the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. The threat of terrorism still, however, remains serious as has been seen in a series of terrorist incidents including in Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Yemen over the past year. For the prevention and eradication of terrorism, since 9/11 the G8 and other countries have successfully strengthened their own counter-terrorism measures.

• G8 Counter- Terrorism Cooperation since September 11

  13 September 2005
  In a statement issued last September 19th, G8 Leaders: condemned the September 11th attacks; underscored their determination to bring to justice the perpetrators, to combat all forms of terrorism, to prevent further attacks, and to strengthen international cooperation; called for rapid implementation of the 12 UN counter terrorism conventions; and asked all relevant Ministers to identify and implement specific measures to enhance counter terrorism cooperation in a range of key areas.

• UK G8 Presidency Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting, Sheffield 15th - 17th June 2005

  13 September 2005
  The G8 (or «Group of Eight») is a multilateral group consisting of the world’s major industrial democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The European Commission attends G8 meetings as an observer. The G8 address a wide range of international economic, political, and security issues.

• G-8 Secure and Facilitated International Travel Initiative (Safti)

  13 September 2005
  Terrorist attacks against the transportation system remain a serious threat to our citizens and to world commerce. We, the G-8 Leaders, are committed to further assuring the safety of the traveling public while working cooperatively to facilitate movement of travelers across our borders.

• Statement of Principles to Protect Asylum Processes from Abuse by Persons Involved in Terrorist Activities

  12 April 2005
  Echoing paragraph 3 of the 1996 UN General Assembly Declaration, on October 29, 2001, in Rome, the G8 States adopted a 25-point action plan to combat terrorism. Point 16 was «to ensure coordination within the CTC and, in conformity with international law, not to grant refugee status to perpetrators, organizers or facilitators of terrorist acts.» In June 2002, G8 foreign ministers, in issuing their Recommendations on Counter-Terrorism, called upon States to «ensure, in conformity with international law and, in particular, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, that refugee status is not abused by the perpetrators, organizers or facilitators of terrorist acts.» As a result, G8 experts have examined the asylum application and adjudication processes in their States for the purpose of identifying vulnerabilities and preventing abuse of those processes by terrorists.