Ten years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Council of Europe will host a special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, bringing together international, regional and subregional organisations,19-21 April in Strasbourg (France).

Aimed at speeding up international efforts to fight terrorism, the three-day meeting will focus on prevention policies, comprehensive and integrated strategies, and the role of law enforcement and the criminal justice system in preventing terrorism.

While group discussions on prevention policies will concentrate on radicalization and incitement, terrorist recruitment and the role of public-private partnerships, the discussions on strategies will focus on national frameworks and inter-agency coordination, communication and international cooperation. Participants will also examine the role of law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Topics on the agenda include identification, analysis and information-sharing; criminalization and prosecution of offences related to terrorism; and safeguards in criminal proceedings.

Counter-Terrorism Committee Chairman Hardeep Singh Puri, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland and Mike Smith, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, will open the meeting.