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Terrorism presents a global threat to democracy, the rule of law, human rights, peace and security. The Security Council in its resolution 1373 of 28 September 2001, declared acts, methods and practices of terrorism contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. The Council in the same resolution emphasized the need for enhanced coordination of national and international efforts in order to strengthen a global response. The financing, planning and inciting of terrorist acts, as well as any organized crime related activities, had to be prevented and combated in a joint effort.
An important part of a concerted international effort to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is the establishment of the necessary legal framework for the prevention and suppression of terrorism. Over the past four decades, the international community has adopted 13 universal legal instruments relating to the prevention and suppression of international terrorism.
This current report, hereinafter referred to as the study presents the results of a one-year research project conducted by experts of Working Table III of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. The study presents an analysis based on interviews and questionnaires of various experts and practitioners, which are listed below. The results illustrated were analyzed by the research team and therefore only present the view of the authors and not necessarily those of the experts consulted.
The study was conducted with permanent appointed contact points in ten South Eastern European countries, located in either Ministries of Justice/Interior/Foreign Affairs.
The study deals with signing, ratifying and introducing relevant legislation by South Eastern Europe countries regarding international legal instruments on counter-terrorism. The research team identified priority areas by presenting a cross-section of the relevant international documents, concentrating primarily on the implementation of UN Resolution 1373 including the 12 UN Conventions (the 13th one has been adopted when the project was in its last phase and couldn't be considered for analysis), also partly considering the European approach.