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• La géopolitique d’Al-Qaida

  3 juin 2008, par Korewa Victor
  Depuis les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 à New York, la « guerre contre le terrorisme » est déclarée au niveau international. L’ennemi désigné est Al-Qaida et son chef Oussama Ben Laden. Mais la netteté apparente de cette cible recouvre des réalités multiples : réseaux de cellules, camps d’entraînement, affidés inconditionnels, simples sympathisants, idéologues, sur tous les continents et dans toutes les classes sociales.

• Training foreign police : a missing aspect of U.S. security assistance to counterinsurgency

  13 mai 2008, par Ladwig Walter C. III
  L’absence de capacité institutionnelle et d’autorité légale pour entraîner les forces de police étrangères est un handicap pour les Etats-Unis dans la lutte contre le terrorisme. En Afghanistan et en Irak, mais aussi aux Philippines, des forces de police efficaces sont une composante importante dans la lutte contre le terrorisme et l’insurrection.

• After Guantanamo : The case against preventive detention

  28 April 2008, by Roth Kenneth
  The U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay has become a stain on the United States’ reputation. Shutting it down will cause new problems. Rather than hold terrorism suspects in preventive detention, the United States should turn them over to its criminal justice system.

• Les présidents du Conseil JAI de l’UE, Lovro Šturm et Dragutin Mate, participeront à la 8ième réunion du Conseil de partenariat permanent UE–Russie dans le domaine de l’espace commun de liberté, de sécurité et de justice

  23 avril 2008, par European Presidency
  M. Lovro Šturm, ministre slovène de la Justice, et M. Dragutin Mate, ministre slovène de l’Intérieur, participeront, dans le cadre de la troïka présidentielle, à la 8ième réunion du Conseil de partenariat permanent UE–Russie dans le domaine de l’espace commun de liberté, de sécurité et de justice, qui débutera, le 24 avril 2008 à Saint-Pétersbourg, par un dîner de travail et une discussion sur la lutte contre les stupéfiants. Le lendemain, la rencontre se poursuivra à une réunion officielle et se terminera par une conférence de presse.

• Third experts meeting on migration between the European Union and the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

  9 April 2008, by General secretariat of the Council
  On 10 and 11 March 2008, government’s experts from the European Union and from the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) met in Brussels to discuss migration issues. The third experts meeting was an opportune occasion to exchange views and information on developments since the 2nd EU§LAC Experts meeting on Migration held in Cartagena de Indias and allowed for a fruitful debate and identification of concrete areas for continued dialogue and cooperation between both regions.

• Joint declaration on relations and cooperation between the European Union and new Zealand

  17 March 2008, by European Commission
  A new «Joint Declaration on Relations and Cooperation» between the European Union and New Zealand was adopted. It covers the varied areas of cooperation between New Zealand and Europe, and will serve as the anchor for the relationship for the next five years. Counter-terrorism cooperation and movement of people form part of the declaration.

• The Social Security Privatization. The Impact on African American Families

  9 January 2008, by Rockeymoore Maya
  The study examines the arguments that tries to show the opporunity of the privatizatio process in the USA for afro-american citizens. The author shows that this policy is unable to stop the structural inequality of the welfare system and even concludes that these arguments underestimate the impact of privatization on afro-american families, while overlooking the full range of Social Security program benefits that are much more important to these group of citizens

• Le CEPD exprime de sérieuses préoccupations concernant la proposition EU-PNR

  25 décembre 2007, par Contrôleur européen de la protection des données
  Le Contrôleur européen de la protection des données (CEPD) a publié aujourd’hui son avis sur la récente proposition de Décision-cadre du Conseil relative à l’utilisation des données des dossiers passagers (Passenger Name Record - PNR) à des fins répressives. La proposition implique des obligations pour les transporteurs aériens de transmettre des données sur tous les passagers des vols à destination ou au départ d’un État membre de l’Union européenne.

• Report on the World Social Situation 2007: The Employment Imperative

  11 December 2007, by United Nations
  The report forms part of series of reports on the subject. Different aspects of global employment and work (such as global employment and unemployment trends, unemployment and labour-market insecurity), the impact of global economic and social liberalization, social groups in the labour force, inequalities and decent work are among the topics discussed in the report.

• UN declares 20 February as World Day of Social Justice

  11 December 2007, by United Nations
  Recognizing the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment, the United Nations General Assembly has decided to observe 20 February annually – starting in 2009 – as the World Day of Social Justice. … In designating the World Day, the Assembly «recognizes the need to consolidate further the efforts of the international community in poverty eradication and in promoting full employment and decent work, gender equality and access to social well-being and justice for all.

• La police des moeurs économiques de l’URSS à la Russie (1965-1995)

  3 décembre 2007, par Favarel-Garrigues Gilles
  En analysant l’évolution de la gestion de la délinquance économique de la période brejnevienne au début des années Eltsine, cet ouvrage dévoile les racines historiques du « problème criminel » qui marque l’actualité politique russe depuis la fin des années 1980. Durant les dernières décennies du régime soviétique, les difficultés quotidiennes liées à la pénurie de nombreux biens et services ont conduit au développement rapide d’un ensemble de pratiques « souterraines » mais visibles de tous, et considérées comme criminelles dans la législation pénale. Face à la diffusion de ces comportements, comment les policiers et magistrats soviétiques sélectionnaient-ils les affaires qu’ils traitaient au quotidien ?

• Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism - MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  3 December 2007, by Scheinin Martin
  The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, visited the United States of America from 16 to 25 May 2007, during which he met with senior officials of the Government, members of Congress and their staff, academics and non-governmental organizations, as well as with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The objective of the visit was to undertake a fact-finding exercise and a legal assessment of United States law and practice in the fight against terrorism, measured against international law. His visit also aimed at identifying and disseminating best practice in the countering of terrorism.

• Implementation of decent work country programmes

  26 November 2007, by International Labour Office (ILO)
  The report explains the strategy of the ILO, intending to integrate social protection goals and policies into decent work programmes in Europe and around the World. It demonstrates the important contribution of social protection to decent work policies in a globalizing world.

• Governments should Take Positive Steps to Protect Housing Rights of Roma in Europe, UN and Council of Europe Experts Say

  29 October 2007, by United Nations
  The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg and the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Miloon Kothari in their press release from 24 October 2007 stated that the housing rights of Roma are violated in several countries of Europe. The "rate and number of forced evictions of Roma have grown dramatically, and segregation and ghettoization in the housing field appears to have intensified and become entrenched in recent years". The experts called on the governments to take positive measures in order to protect the housing rights of Roma in Europe.

• US Court blocks transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia for threat of torture

  22 October 2007, by United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  On 2nd October the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction blocking the transfer of a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia. The petitioner has been detained in Guantanamo Bay since an undisclosed date. On 15th May 2007 the US Government intended to transfer him out of Guantanamo Bay and to release him to the Government of Tunisia.

• US Supreme Court refuses to hear El-Masri Case

  15 October 2007, by Challenge
  On 9th October 2007 the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal filed on behalf of the German citizen of Lebanese descent Khaled el-Masri. He claims to have been abducted by US agents and then tortured by them while imprisoned in Afghanistan. The fate of Mr el-Masri has been subject to intensive scrutiny in the investigations of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament on the involvement of European authorities in CIA activities on European territory. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Mr el-Masri had brought a lawsuit in US federal courts against George Tenet, director of the CIA from 1997 to 2004, seeking damages for illegal treatment.

• New EU-US PNR Agreement on the processing and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data

  28 August 2007, by European Union, United States of America
  The new EU–US Agreement on the processing and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data, signed at the end of July 2007, is now published in the Official Journal No. L 204 of 4.8.2007, p. 18. The Council decision, approving the signing of the agreement as well as an exchange of letters between the EU and the US is published in the same volume.

• Le nouvel accord Europe/Etats-Unis sur les données des passagers aériens est au détriment des citoyens européens

  27 août 2007, par Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés
  Les négociations entre les Etats-Unis et l’Europe ont mis un terme à plusieurs années d’incertitude quant aux conditions dans lesquelles les autorités américaines accèdent aux données des passagers aériens européens (« données PNR »). L’accord, qui vient d’être conclu entre les Etats-Unis et l’UE, revient sur de nombreuses garanties défendues par les CNIL européennes.

• The USA Patriot Act of 2001: balancing civil liberties and national security : a reference handbook

  8 August 2007, by Ball Howard
  Outlines the state of national security before September 11, 2001, the USA PATRIOT ACT passed in response to 9/11, the civil liberties questions posed by the act, and the players on both sides.

• The Passenger Name Record (PNR): FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  16 July 2007, by European Commission
  The Passenger Name Record (PNR) is the generic name given to the files created by the airlines for each journey any passenger books. They are stored in the airlines’ reservation and departure control databases. PNR allows all the different agents within the air industry (from the travel agent and the computer reservation systems (CRS) to the carrier and the handling agents at the airports) to recognise each passenger and have access to all relevant information related to his/her journey: departure and return flights, connecting flights (if any), special services required on board the flight, etc.

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