AD HOC COMMITTEE ON COUNTERING TERRORISM

COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE PERIOD JULY 2017 – JULY 2018

Updated on 07-07-2018

COMMITTEE MEETINGS • 1st Official Meeting of the CCT at the PA Autumn Meeting - , Andorra, 3 October • 2nd Official Meeting of the CCT at the PA Winter Meeting - , , 22 February 2018 • 3rd Official Meeting of the CCT at the PA Annual Session - , , 7 July 2018

OFFICIAL FIELD VISITS • Official Visit to the Kingdom of Morocco - Rabat, Morocco, 18-21 October 2017. • Official Visit to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in and to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime - Vienna, Austria, 12-14 November 2017. • Official Visit to the Kingdom of - , Belgium, 7-9 February 2018. • Official Visit to Bosnia & Herzegovina (in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina) - , 5-8 June 2018.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, EXPERT SEMINARS AND PUBLIC DEBATES • Contribution (Crusnière) to the Parliamentary Seminar on “The spread of violent extremism in the OSCE region and the suitable strategy to impede the attraction and recruitment of youth by terrorist organizations: Moroccan Approach” - Rabat, Morocco, 20 October 2017. • Contribution (Birchall) to the Parliamentarians for Global Action Annual Forum on “Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities” (“Ensuring that Counter-Terrorism Policies and Regulations Respect Human Rights”) - Milan, , 27-28 November 2017. • Contribution (Cosido) to the International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law (IIJ) Regional Workshop on “The Nexus of Parliamentarians and Criminal Justice Actors in Counter Terrorism” - , , 21-22 March 2018.

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• Contribution (Voridis) to the International Parliamentary Conference on “Digital Resilience of a Democratic State” – , , 8 May 2018. • Contribution (Mediu) to the regional Conference on Countering Violent Extremism: “The Reverse Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters” – , Albania, 26 May 2018

OSCE EVENTS • Contribution (Voridis) to the OSCE Security Committee meeting on the negotiations of a draft ministerial declaration on Terrorism and VERLT - Vienna, Austria, 12 November 2017. • Contribution (Voridis) to the OSCE Security Committee meeting on the OSCE activities to counter the threats posed by the return of foreign terrorist fighters (border security and information sharing) - Vienna, Austria, 16 April 2018. • Contribution (Voridis) to the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference on the challenges stemming from returning FTFs - , Italy, 10-11 May 2018.

OTHER MEETINGS • Brainstorming with the International Secretariat - , , 6 September 2017. • Meeting of the OSCE PA President with Under-Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) - New York, United States of America, 4 February 2018. • Experts Coordination Meeting with the International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law (IIJ)- La Valletta, Malta, 23 March 2018. • Experts Coordination Meeting with The Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 11 Apr. 2018. • Bilateral Meetings with the United States of America, Russian Federation, , UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and (EU) held at the margins OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference on the challenges stemming from returning FTFs - Rome, Italy, 10-11 May 2018.

POLICY GUIDANCE • 1st Report of the Chair of the OSCE PA CCT - Vienna, 23 February 2018 • Draft Resolution on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism and Radicalization that lead to Terrorism - Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018.

OTHER INITIATIVES • Launching of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Initiative to Promote the Implementation of Relevant International Commitments on Strengthening Border Security and Information Sharing in the Context of Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremisms - July 2018

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TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTED ACTIVITIES Year Month COMMITTEE OFFICIAL FIELD INTERNATIONAL OSCE EVENTS OTHER MEETINGS POLICY OTHER MEETINGS VISITS CONFERENCES, EXPERT GUIDANCE INITIATIVES SEMINARS AND PUBLIC DEBATES July Establishment of the CCT 2017 August September 06.09 Brainstorming with the International Secretariat - Copenhagen, Denmark October 03.10 18-21.10 20.10 1st Official Official Visit to Contribution (Crusnière) to Meeting of the the Kingdom the Parliamentary Seminar CCT at the PA of Morocco - on “The spread of violent Autumn Rabat, Morocco extremism in the OSCE Meeting - region and the suitable Andorra La strategy to impede the Vella, Andorra attraction and recruitment of youth by terrorist organizations: Moroccan Approach” - Rabat, Morocco November 12-14.11 27-28.11 12.11 Official Visit to Contribution (Birchall) to Contribution the OSCE and to the Parliamentarians for (Voridis) to the OSCE the United Global Action Annual Security Committee Nations Office for Forum on “Preventing meeting on the Drugs and Crime - Violent Extremism and Mass negotiations of a Vienna, Austria Atrocities” (“Ensuring that draft ministerial Counter-Terrorism Policies declaration on and Regulations Respect Terrorism and VERLT Human Rights”) - Milan, - Vienna, Austria Italy December

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January

2018 February 22.02 7-9.02 04.02 23.02 2nd Official Official Visit to Meeting of the OSCE 1st Report of Meeting of the the Kingdom of PA President with the CCT Chair, CCT at the PA Belgium - Under-Secretary at the PA Winter Meeting Brussels, Belgium General Vladimir Winter - Vienna, Voronkov, UN Office Meeting Austria of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) - New York, United States of America March 21-22.03 23.03 Contribution (Cosido) to the Experts Coordination International Institute for Meeting with the Justice and Rule of Law (IIJ) International Regional Workshop on “The Institute for Justice Nexus of Parliamentarians and Rule of Law (IIJ)- and Criminal Justice Actors La Valletta, Malta in Counter Terrorism” - Attard, Malta April 16.04 11.04 Contribution Experts Coordination (Voridis) to the OSCE Meeting with The Security Committee Interparliamentary meeting on the OSCE Assembly of Member activities to counter Nations of the the threats posed by Commonwealth of the return of FTF’s Independent States (border security and (IPA CIS) - St. information sharing) Petersburg, Russian - Vienna, Austria Federation May 8.05 10-11.05 10-11.05 Contribution (Voridis) to the Contribution Bilateral Meetings International Parliamentary (Voridis) to the with the United Conference on “Digital OSCE-wide Counter- States of America, Resilience of a Democratic Terrorism Russian Federation, State” – Lisbon, Portugal Conference on the Slovakia, UN Office of challenges stemming Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), 4

26.05 from returning FTFs - Commonwealth of Contribution (Mediu) to the Rome, Italy Independent States Regional Conference on (CIS) and European Countering Violent Union (EU) held at Extremism: “The Reverse the margins OSCE- Flow of Foreign Terrorist wide Counter- Fighters” – Tirana, Albania Terrorism Conference on the challenges stemming from returning FTFs – Rome, Italy June 5-8.06 Official Visit to Bosnia & Herzegovina (in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Sarajevo July 07.07 7-11.07 07.07 3rd Official Draft Launching of the Meeting of the Resolution on OSCE PA Initiative CCT at the PA Preventing to Promote the Annual Session and Implementation of - Berlin, Countering Relevant Germany Terrorism and International VERLT - Berlin, Commitments on Germany Strengthening Border Security and Information Sharing in the Context of Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism – Berlin, Germany

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