Press Release: European Justice Ministers propose action plan to fight terrorism through legal means

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Series Details No.702a (5.10.01)
Publication Date 2001
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At their 24th Conference in Moscow, 4-5 October 2001, the European Justice Ministers proposed an action plan to fight terrorism, by adapting existing international treaties and elaborating new ones, and by boosting legal co-operation in this field.

The Ministers from the Council of Europe's member and observer states condemned the heinous terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September and stressed the urgent need for increased international co-operation and a multidisciplinary approach to the problem of terrorism, involving all relevant legal aspects.

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