Dakar Declaration against Terrorism in to the commission of terrorist 2001 was adopted a month after the 9/11 offences, namely: public attack. With the Declaration, the Union provocation, recruitment and condemned the attack and expressed firm training stance for cooperation among states against by reinforcing co-operation on acts of terrorism, be it perpetrated by prevention both internally (national individuals, groups, or States. prevention policies), and In September 2002, a high-level meeting internationally (modification of was convened in Algiers, Algeria by the existing extradition and mutual African Union, on the prevention and assistance arrangements and combating of terrorism in Africa. The additional means).” high-level meeting ended up with a b. Africa and the Middle East detailed counter-terrorism policy. The i. African Union meeting summarised all the previous The attempts of the African Union counter-terrorism efforts; the firm stance regarding the counter-terrorism policies so against terrorism, which constitutes the far are: (1) Algiers Convention on the need for such a high-level meeting, was Prevention and Combating of Terrorism in based on the Algiers Convention on the 1999 (prepared by the Organisation of Prevention and Combating of Terrorism African Unity, the predecessor of the and the Dakar Declaration against African Union), (2) Dakar Declaration Terrorism. The Plan of Action of the against Terrorism in 2001 and (3) meeting covered many aspects that the intergovernmental meeting on the member states require in both individual prevention of and combating terrorism in and collective counter-terrorism, namely Africa and the Plan of Action of the police and border control, legislative and meeting. judicial measures amendments to Algiers Convention on the Prevention and –possible the national laws and their Combating of in 1999 suppressing the financing of terrorism, condemned all acts of terrorism while exchange of information, establishing recognising the self-determination right. further coordination at regional, The Convention mostly concentrated on continental and international levels and the cooperation areas, possible legal provisions role of the Union and its organs. and legal assistance.
to the commission of terrorist offences, namely: public provocation, recruitment and training by reinforcing co-operation on prevention both internally (national prevention policies), and internationally (modification of existing extradition and mutual assistance arrangements and additional means).” b. Africa and the Middle East i. African Union The attempts of the African Union regarding the counter-terrorism policies so far are: (1) Algiers Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism in 1999 (prepared by the Organisation of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union), (2) Dakar Declaration against Terrorism in 2001 and (3) intergovernmental meeting on the prevention of and combating terrorism in Africa and the Plan of Action of the meeting. Algiers Convention on the Prevention and Combating of in 1999 condemned all acts of terrorism while recognising the self-determination right. The Convention mostly concentrated on cooperation areas, possible legal provisions and legal assistance. Dakar Declaration against Terrorism in 2001 was adopted a month after the 9/11 attack. With the Declaration, the Union condemned the attack and expressed firm stance for cooperation among states against acts of terrorism, be it perpetrated by individuals, groups, or States. In September 2002, a high-level meeting was convened in Algiers, Algeria by the African Union, on the prevention and combating of terrorism in Africa. The high-level meeting ended up with a detailed counter-terrorism policy. The meeting summarised all the previous counter-terrorism efforts; the firm stance against terrorism, which constitutes the need for such a high-level meeting, was based on the Algiers Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism and the Dakar Declaration against Terrorism. The Plan of Action of the meeting covered many aspects that the member states require in both individual and collective counter-terrorism, namely police and border control, legislative and judicial measures –possible amendments to the national laws and their suppressing the financing of terrorism, exchange of information, establishing further coordination at regional, continental and international levels and the role of the Union and its organs.
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