Press Release: Terry Davis: ‘Governments can develop effective anti-terrorist measures while respecting our values’

'We can provide security without sacrificing freedom, civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, the values on which the Council of Europe was founded,' stressed Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, leading a panel discussion on freedom, security and civil liberties during the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, held in Madrid from 8 to 11 March 2005, one year after the terrorist bombing in the Spanish capital.