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• Belliraj suspected of more terror attacks

  3 April 2008, by De Morgen
  A delegation of American CIA and FBI agents were in Morocco to examine the terrorist network of Belgian-Moroccan terrorist and informant Abdelkader Belliraj. US interest in Belliraj is based on a connection between him and al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, the Belgian police delegation has returned from Morocco and convinced of Belliraj’s significance in the network, and may be responsible for more incidents of terrorism than initially presumed.

• FRA will launch a report on «Community Cohesion at local level: addressing the needs of Muslim Communities» on 3rd March

  26 March 2008, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  The Committee of the Regions, ECOS Commission and the FRA will launch jointly on 3rd March 2008, a new report «Community Cohesion at local level: addressing the needs of Muslim Communities». The meeting will introduce the report, will present the work of the Local Communities network (LCN) and will provide a discussion forum for topics highlighted in the Report. This publication aiming at policy makers and practitioners will provide a number of examples of good practice or initiatives at the local level from across European cities.

• Press release of 2853rd Council meeting JHA

  25 March 2008, by European Council
  The Council reached an agreement on two issues regarding a proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police Office (Europol): the lifting of immunity for Europol officials when participating in operational activities, especially Joint Investigation Teams (JIT), and the principle of staff rotation and the possibility for Europol staff to participating in JIT to receive instructions from the team leader. The presidency announced its intention of reaching a political agreement on this text in April 2008.

• Anti-Semitism : Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2007

  29 January 2008, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  The working paper presents data and statistics on anti-Semitic incidents from 2001 to 2007 for those EU Member States that have data and statistics on anti-Semitic incidents. It also presents results of surveys on anti-Semitic attitudes. The overview is the fourth update of the 2004 report «Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union.»

• European Handbook on Equality Data

  21 January 2008, by Makkonen Timo
  The Handbook discusses why and what kind of equality data should be gathered and how equality data should be compiled and it formulates recommendations to the EU Member States in this regard. It deals with the grounds of discrimination covered by the Racial Equality Directive (EU Directive 2000/43/EC) and Employment Equality Directive (Directive 2000/78/EC): racial and ethnic origin, religion and belief, age, disability and sexual orientation.

• Workshop : The Internal & External Dilemmas of a Common EU Immigration Policy

  23 October 2007, by Centre for European Policy Studies
  The EU’s common immigration policy has been the focus of substantial activity over the past six months. The context and framework of movement of third country nationals into and out of the EU for employment purposes is undergoing an important transformation which encompasses three key dimensions

• Guantánamo: violation of human rights and international law?

  3 October 2007, by Conseil de l’Europe
  What are the rights of the prisoners held by the United States at the base in Guantánamo Bay? Is their imprisonment lawful? Should we be thinking about strengthening the Geneva Conventions and changing international law? The Parliamentary Assembly, and hence the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, has spoken with one voice, condemning this flagrant violation of human rights and demanding the closure of the Guantánamo detention centre.

• The fight against terrorism - Council of Europe standards

  2 October 2007, by Conseil de l’Europe
  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.

• The Muslim World Journal of Human Rights

  26 September 2007, by The Muslim World Journal of Human Rights
  This issue examines The Transnational Muslim World, Human Rights, and the Rights of Women and Sexual Minorities. A table of contents and additional information about the special issue follow below.

• United Nations adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples

  17 September 2007, by UN News Centre
  On September 13, 2007 the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration outlines the individual and collective rights of indigeneous people, prohibits discrimination against them and promotes their participation in decision-making in matters that concern them.

• The changes in the fight against illegal immigration in the Euro-Mediterranean area and in Euro-Mediterranean relations

  22 January 2007, by Cuttitta Paolo
  This paper summarises recent years’ developments of European southern border controls with regard to migration movements originating from and/or transiting through North Africa. Particular attention is dedicated to strategies regarding immigration and border controls adopted by Italy (as one of the main first destination countries of illegal migration transiting through or originating from North Africa) as well as by the European union.

• Gemeenten keren zich tegen terreurwet

  29 augustus 2006, door Sdu - Overheidsinformatie
  The Dutch organisation of municipalities VNG has criticised the anti-terrorism measures put forward in a Bill by Home Affairs Minister Remkes. The proposed measures are directed against persons who are associated with terrorism, but against whom no measures can be taken in criminal law. The VNG fears that the Bill will have a counterproductive effect, because it will lead to stigmatisation. The umbrella organisation also criticises the Bill, because it puts all power in the hands of the Home affairs Minister, who can apply sanctions to a person, without prior deliberation of the municipality of residence of the person concerned. The VNG also questions the dubious structure of the proposal. Someone can challenge the measures taken against him, such as a duty to report oneself at the local police station, or a prohibition to enter certain locations, in Court, but judges will often have too little information to reach a verdict. Staff members of the Domestic Security Service, for example, are not allowed to disclose information when called as a witness.

• De Binnengrenzen van het Koninkrijk, Of: Het voorontwerp ‘Verbanning en Inburgering’

  29 May 2006, by Besselink Leonard F. M.
  Op 30 januari heeft de minister voor Vreemdelingenzaken en Integratie een voorontwerp (met memorie van toelichting) gepubliceerd van een Wet houdende aanvullende maatregelen inzake het verblijf in Nederland van Antilliaanse en Arubaanse risicojongeren en inzake inburgering van Antilliaanse en Arubaanse Nederlanders. Inmiddels is dit voorstel voor advisering door de ministerraad naar de Raad van State gezonden. Dit is de voorlopige uitkristallisering van een reeks nogal problematische voorstellen met betrekking tot een inburgeringsplicht voor buiten het land Nederland geboren Nederlanders die zich in Nederland willen vestigen.

• Note on the plans of the Dutch Minister of Government Reform and Kingdom Relations on the central administration of passports and other travel documents

  12 April 2006, by Pechtold Alexander
  In a letter of 24 February 2006 to the Dutch Parliament, the Dutch minister of Government Reform and Kingdom Relations, Alexander Pechtold, has confirmed his earlier plans of setting up a central administration of passports and other travel documents (TK 2005-2006, 25764, nr. 29). Minister Pechtold expects to put forward a bill proposing both the centralisation of the administration of travel documents and the incorporation of fingerprints in the system of the administration of these documents in the autumn of 2006.

• Civic integration in The Netherlands

  12 April 2006, by Minister van Justitie
  As of 15 March 2006, the civic integration examination abroad has been put into use for certain foreign nationals wishing to come to the Netherlands for a prolonged period. People wishing to form a family with someone in the Netherlands, who wish to be reunited with family members already living in the Netherlands, and religious leaders coming to the Netherlands for employment, are required to pass the test before they can issue a temporary stay mvv visa. Persons of a certain nationality, such as EU citizens and persons of American or Japanese nationality, are exempted from this duty.

• Annual Report Dutch Data Protection Authority

  29 augustus 2005, door Dutch Data Protection Authority
  In the annual report on 2004, the Dutch Data Protection Authority strongly opposes the wide spread opinion that the protection of privacy would prevent an effective fight against terrorism, fraud or prevention of other criminal facts. The protection of personal data is one of the cornerstones of a free, democratic, and safe society, according to mr. Kohnstamm who is the chairman of the Data Protection Authority since September 2004.

• Terrorismebestrijding of privacy - wat gaat voor?

  29 augustus 2005, door Kuijer Martin
  In his inaugural lecture of 23 March 2005 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Kuijer argues that in the fight against terrorism, a balance should be made between the right of protection against terrorism (fight against terrorism) and other human rights such as privacy, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, etc) to assess which right should dominate. This duty of balancing rights does however not apply to absolute human rights such as the prohibition of torture: as the protection of these rights should always be put before the fight against terrorism.

• Het conceptwetsvoorstel voorkoming, opsporing en vervolging van terroristische misdrijven: terrorisme bestrijding door marginalisering strafvorderlijke waarborgen

  29 augustus 2005, door van Kempen Piet Hein
  In an advise written for a Dutch Working Group of criminal lawyers, the author criticizes the draft proposal for a law on the prevention, pursuit, and prosecution of terrorist crimes including extended powers for law enforcement authorities.

• Tweede voortgangsrapportage terrorismebestrijding

  29 augustus 2005, door Minister van Justitie, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
  In a letter of 10 June 2005, the Ministers of Justice and Interiors report on the progress of the fight against terrorism in the Netherlands. According to the government, it would be necessary to extend the powers of officials in the fight against terrorism. A new proposal on the prevention, pursuit, and prosecution of terrorist crimes has been send for advice to the Dutch Council of State.

• CT Infobox

  29 augustus 2005, door Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
  In a letter of 18 March 2005, the Minister of Interiors informs the Dutch Parliament on the practice of the so-called CT Infobox. According to the Minister, this CT Infobox is not a central information point accessible to everyone searching information in the fight against terrorism. The Minister describes the result of the actual practice as ‘promising’ and in accordance with the expectations of the participating organisations.

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