Activities
Combating terrorism
With its expertise in conflict prevention, crisis management and early warning, the OSCE contributes to world-wide efforts in combating terrorism. Many effective counter-terrorism measures fall into areas in which the OSCE is already active, such as police training and border monitoring.
There are various social, economic and political factors which foster conditions in which terrorist organizations are able to recruit and gather support. The OSCE's comprehensive approach to security provides comparative advantages in combating terrorism by identifying and addressing these factors through all relevant OSCE instruments and structures.
OSCE Institutions active in combating terrorism:
Features
OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit works with Austrian students on counter-terrorism strategy
Austrian students attending a weekend conference in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, devised a national strategy for combating terrorism in a workshop held by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit.
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Upholding human rights in the fight against terrorism
As states take new measures to combat terrorism, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is training those involved in counter-terrorism in human rights - and showing how respect for those rights can help fight extremism.
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Containing terrorism
The OSCE hosted an experts' conference and simulation exercise to find ways of addressing the vulnerability of shipping containers.
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"The OSCE participating States, firmly committed to the joint fight against terrorism, condemn in the strongest terms terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, committed no matter when, where or by whom and reiterate that no circumstance or motive can justify acts of or support for terrorism."OSCE Charter on Preventing and Combating Terrorism