Crime (UNODC) and the Human Rights the specialisation area of the UNHRC Council (UNHRC), preceded by the Rapporteur in the UN Global Commission on Human Rights, a Terrorism Strategy. The Special subsidiary body of ECOSOC. Rapporteur is mandated to make ECOSOC provided expertise on technical recommendations; provide advisory assistance for implementing the service and technical assistance; identify international conventions and protocols and promote good practices; gather relating to terrorism by proposing information from concerned people and comprehensive resolution texts and for organisations via country visits; integrate a strengthening international cooperation. It gender perspective during their term of further functioned to include the mandate; develop a regular dialogue and frameworks of UNODC and the Centre for encourage cooperation with governments International Crime Prevention to the and all relevant actors; including relevant expertise provided. UN bodies, agencies and programmes; and UNODC provided expertise in the areas of report regularly to the Human Rights crime prevention and criminal justice, rule Council and the General Assembly. of law, drug control, transnational II. Inter-governmental organisations organized crime, money-laundering, and regional cooperation corruption and related international a. Europe cooperation in criminal matters with i. European Union operational field-level capacity. The Office European Union (the Union, EU) is a further supported legislative incorporation supra-national organisation consisting of and implementation of the universal legal 28 member-states. It has been initiated regime against terrorism via its Terrorism with the purpose of creating political, Prevention Branch. economic, social and legal cohesion in the In 2005, the Commission on Human Rights European continent. According to the and UNHRC -as its successor- appointed a related framework decision of the Council Special Rapporteur on the promotion and of the European Union, the Union “is protection of human rights and founded on the universal values of human fundamental freedoms while countering dignity, liberty, equality and solidarity, terrorism. This contribution plays an respect for human rights and fundamental important role, considering the coverage of freedoms and is based on the principle of
Crime (UNODC) and the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), preceded by the Commission on Human Rights, a subsidiary body of ECOSOC. ECOSOC provided expertise on technical assistance for implementing the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism by proposing comprehensive resolution texts and for strengthening international cooperation. It further functioned to include the frameworks of UNODC and the Centre for International Crime Prevention to the expertise provided. UNODC provided expertise in the areas of crime prevention and criminal justice, rule of law, drug control, transnational organized crime, money-laundering, corruption and related international cooperation in criminal matters with operational field-level capacity. The Office further supported legislative incorporation and implementation of the universal legal regime against terrorism via its Terrorism Prevention Branch. In 2005, the Commission on Human Rights and UNHRC -as its successor- appointed a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. This contribution plays an important role, considering the coverage of the specialisation area of the UNHRC Rapporteur in the UN Global Strategy. The Special Rapporteur is mandated to make recommendations; provide advisory service and technical assistance; identify and promote good practices; gather information from concerned people and organisations via country visits; integrate a gender perspective during their term of mandate; develop a regular dialogue and encourage cooperation with governments and all relevant actors; including relevant UN bodies, agencies and programmes; and report regularly to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. II. Inter-governmental organisations and regional cooperation a. Europe i. European Union European Union (the Union, EU) is a supra-national organisation consisting of 28 member-states. It has been initiated with the purpose of creating political, economic, social and legal cohesion in the European continent. According to the related framework decision of the Council of the European Union, the Union “is founded on the universal values of human dignity, liberty, equality and solidarity, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and is based on the principle of Terrorism
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