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• Analysis of terrorist legislation, evolution and practices of penal agencies

  28 April 2009, by Aranda Mónica, Rivera Iñaki
  The Spanish concept of terrorism has evolved in a quite particular meaning. The identification of ETA (Basque Liberation Army) as the internal enemy has concentrated the use of every antiterrorist law and criminal justice agencies addressed to call a halt its activities. A number of criminal and procedural rules, police and prison regulations have been modified in Spain by following the antiterrorist philosophy.

• Justice Department Memos on Interrogation Techniques

  21 April 2009, by New York Times

• The last peace process in the basque country: 14 months of hope

  6 October 2008, by Forero Alejandro, Rivera Iñaki, Rodríguez Fernandez Gabriela, Ubasart Gemma
  The present work shows the genesis and development of the last peace process that took place in the Basque Country from March, 2007, in the frame of antiterrorist excepcionalism. The paper focus on the origins of the Basque conflict - outlining the history of the movement ETA- and in the influence that both the diverse actors and a part of the Spanish written press (the newspapers El País, El Mundo and Gara) have had in the development of the events.

• L’Europe refuse de reconnaître son rôle dans les « restitutions » et les détentions secrètes opérées par les États-Unis

  25 juin 2008, par Amnesty International
  Amnesty International a dénoncé ce mardi 24 juin le fait qu’aucune mesure n’ait été prise pour empêcher que des pays d’Europe ne soient de nouveau impliqués dans des transferts exceptionnels de détenus – les« restitutions » – et des détentions secrètes, et elle a insisté sur la nécessité d’ouvrir de toute urgence des enquêtes indépendantes.

• The Treaty of Lisbon and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Exceptionalism and Fragmentation in the European Union

  26 May 2008, by Carrera Sergio , Geyer Florian
  The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) constitutes one of the policies which will be more affected by the new institutional configurations that will be brought about by the Reform Treaty signed in Lisbon on the 13 December 2007 (Treaty of Lisbon). These policies, traditionally denominated as Justice and Home Affairs, have been subject to various criticisms calling for the need to reform and improve their current institutional, legal and procedural structures.

• El Tratado de Lisboa y un Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia: Excepcionalismo y Fragmentación en la Unión Europea.

  26 de mayo de 2008, por Carrera Sergio , Geyer Florian
  El Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia (ELSJ) se encuentra entre las políticas comunitarias más afectadas por la nueva configuración institucional que será introducida con la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Reforma firmado el 13 de Diciembre del 2007 en Lisboa (Tratado de Lisboa). Estas políticas, tradicionalmente denominadas como de ‘Justicia y Asuntos de Interior’, han sido objeto de sendas críticas poniendo de manifiesto la necesidad de reformar sus actuales estructuras institucionales, jurídicas y procesales.

• L’Etat d’urgence : concilier la sauvegarde de l’ordre public et la protection des libertés individuelles ?

  11 février 2008, par Boumédiene Malik
  En application de la loi du 3 avril 1955, le gouvernement français a décrété, le 8 novembre 2005, l’état d’urgence, et ce pour ramener l’ordre public menacé par les émeutes. Cette loi de 1955, qui attribue de larges prérogatives à l’autorité de police administrative, ne va pas sans restreindre, au nom de ce rétablissement, certaines libertés individuelles.

• IPS Conference Proceedings : International, Political, Sociology, October 26th-27th 2007

  21 January 2008, by International Political Sociology
  On October 26th and 27th, 2007, researchers and specialists gathered at the premises of Sciences Po-Paris to start a debate on the concepts of international, political and sociology at the conference organized by IPS (International Political Sociology Journal ) and the COST network , under the scientific responsibility of Didier Bigo (CERI-Sciences Po-Paris) and R.B.J. Walker (University of Victoria / Keele University).

• Detention Centres report for European Parliament

  2 January 2008, by STEPS Consulting Social
  This study is a response to the European Parliament’s desire to better understand and to improve the detention and reception conditions for third country nationals in closed and open centres in Europe, with special consideration for persons with special needs. It assesses the implementation of the standards outlined in part II of the Reception Conditions Directive 2003/9/CE (22/01/2003). The unique feature of this study is that it focuses on vulnerable groups and assesses whether their needs are taken into account or not and if the conditions found in Europe contribute to an improvement in, or the aggravation of, their situations of vulnerability.

• The Commission’s «Proposal for a Council Framework Decision amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism»

  5 December 2007, by University of Athens
  The proposed amendment of the 2002 Framework Decision on combating terrorism further increases the impression of a «(in)security continuum» that could be used as an argument for the criminalization of otherwise legal behaviours; these behaviours could, most importantly, be regarded as forms of exercise of such fundamental freedoms as the freedom of expression. In fact, the main problem of the new offences to be created is the inadequate treatment of the rivalry between freedoms that they involve, by virtue of the abstract definitions and subjective criteria that are proposed to national legislative authorities, an element that ultimately poses a threat to the rule of law.

• Compte rendu de la conférence IPS COST, Paris, 26-27 octobre 2007

  4 décembre 2007, par Galligo Dinah
  La conférence était organisée pour le lancement de la revue « International Political Sociology ». Participant à la section éponyme de l’International Studies Association, cette revue renouvelle la recherche en relations internationales grâce à l’apport innovant de chercheurs d’Europe, des Etats-Unis, du Canada et d’Australie.

• Report of the Symposium : Security and Migration: challenges to the liberal state

  15 October 2007, by Ciobanu Oana, Hunter Alistair
  Symposium co-organised by the CHALLENGE Project and the Migration and Citizenship Research Group, University of Edinburgh; co-funded by the Radboud University of Nijmegen and the Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh.

• Scottish Involvement in Extraordinary Rendition

  3 October 2007, by Reprieve
  Reprieve welcomes the Scottish parliament’s decision to fully investigate the alleged use of Scottish airports to support the CIA’s illegal programme of enforced disappearance, illegal transfer and torture of prisoners in the ‘war on terror.’. Transfers to torture deprive the individual of their most basic human rights and subject them to the cruellest abuse. Many victims of rendition have simply disappeared, as documented by a recent report (‘Off the Record’) by Reprieve and five other major human rights groups.

• Bernhard Schlink on the renewed German debate on shooting down hijacked planes

  24 September 2007, by Schlink Bernhard
  A new discussion on the legality and legitimacy of shooting down a hijacked passenger plane that might be used to attack objects on the ground was sparked last week (16.9.-21.9.2007) in Germany. It started with a statement of German Minister of Defense, Franz Josef Jung that he would have to order such a shooting in the worst case scenario relying on the concept of a ‘supra-legal state of emergency’ .

• The Reform Treaty & Justice and Home Affairs - Implications for the common Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

  27 August 2007, by Carrera Sergio , Centre for European Policy Studies, Geyer Florian
  Following CEPS’ coverage of the ‘institutional deadlock’ and the ‘new deal’ before and after the June European Council, this new Policy Brief by CEPS researchers Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer examines the compromise reached from the perspective of EU Justice and Home Affairs policies. With the formal scrapping of the ‘pillar structure’, this policy field will be among those most fundamentally changed by the new framework.

• Grande-Bretagne : le « Terrorist Act 2006 » : la fin du politique

  20 août 2007, par Paye Jean-Claude
  Les lois anti-terroristes installent un droit d’exception en créant un délit d’intention, elles permettent de criminaliser toute action politique désapprouvée par un gouvernement. La loi britannique va plus loin puisqu’elle permet de poursuivre toute personne soutenant une telle action par la parole ou par de simples déclarations susceptibles de créer une atmosphère favorable au terrorisme.

• L’état d’urgence (1955-2005) : de l’Algérie coloniale à la France contemporaine

  17 août 2007, par Thénault Sylvie
  Etude de la création et des usages de la loi d’état d’urgence entre 1955 et 2005. Cette loi porte la marque de la guerre d’Algérie, pendant laquelle elle a été élaborée et modifiée. L’état d’urgence fut déclaré 5 fois : en Algérie en 1955, en France en 1958, puis de 1961 à 1963, en Nouvelle-Calédonie en 1985, puis de nouveau en France en 2005. Alors qu’elle est souvent dénoncée comme une loi coloniale, c’est pendant la période gaulliste qu’elle connut sa durée d’application la plus longue et la moins contrôlée.

• Conference Report : The social, legal and political challenges of counter-terrorism

  23 July 2007, by Neal Andrew
  Workpackage 1 organised a one-day workshop in London to bring together practitioners and academics from multiple disciplines including law, government, international relations, political science, sociology and media studies. The aim was to discuss recent transformations in the field of counter-terrorism and their social, legal and political implications. It was attended by 40 people from universities and institutions across the UK and Europe. The day was organised around three thematic panels on the legal implications of counter-terrorism and extraordinary rendition for the EU; the political-theoretical implications of recent transformations in counter-terrorism and practices of exceptionalism; and finally on the social implications of counter-terrorism with regard to the media, globalisation and human rights.

• Workshop programm : The social, legal and political challenges of counter-terrorism

  23 July 2007, by Neal Andrew
  Recent years have seen rapid innovations in the practices, principles and critiques of counter-terrorism. This workshop will bring academics and practitioners together to discuss the social, legal and political implications of the changing field.

• CIA secret detentions in Europe: PACE urges oversight of military and foreign intelligence services

  4 July 2007, by Conseil de l’Europe
  Parliamentarians from across Europe today backed the conclusions of the report by Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE), declaring that it is now established with a high degree of probability that secret detention centres operated by the CIA, forming part of the High Value Detainee (HVD) program, existed for some years in Poland and Romania.

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