The Committee of Experts on Terrorism , or CODEXTER , is an International organization inter governmental committee of experts of the Council of Europe . ref http www.coe.int t e legal affairs legal co operation Fight against terrorism Council of Europe website accessed 4 March 2008 ref It was founded in 2003 to replace the Multidisciplinary Group on International Action Against Terrorism GMT . ref http www.coe.int t e legal 5Faffairs legal 5Fco 2Doperation fight 5Fagainst 5Fterrorism 3 5FCODEXTER Council of Europe website accessed 4 March 2008 ref One of the principal functions of the organisation is to make profiles of each member s Legislature legislative and institution al counter terrorism plans. ref http security.homeoffice.gov.uk counter terrorism strategy working with partners international council europe United Kingdom Home Office website accessed 4 March 2008 ref These profiles are short reports on member states counter terrorism measures. ref http www.libertysecurity.org auteur666.html Challenge Libery & Security accessed 4 March 2008 ref Criticism Amnesty International has urged CODEXTER to delete the last paragraph of the organisation s Preamble, which attempts to define terrorism , as it does not sufficiently distinguish between unlawful acts and legitimate, non violent opposition to the actions or non action of states ref http web.amnesty.org aidoc ai.nsf 2409a336a83fd4e480256ef400540aa8 25364ddaad044c9980256faf0068a86a OpenDocument Amnesty International s representations on the February 2005 draft Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism , accessed 4 March 2008 via http 64.233.183.104 search?q cache ue1 7I92nkUJ web.amnesty.org aidoc ai.nsf 2409a336a83fd4e480256ef400540aa8 25364ddaad044c9980256faf0068a86a OpenDocument CODEXTER&hl en&ct clnk&cd 13&gl uk Google s cache of the page ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Codexter Category Council of Europe europe stub fr Comit d experts sur le terrorisme ... more details
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The core of the security and intelligence system of the Republic of Croatia consists of two Security agency security and Intelligence agency intelligence agencies Security and Intelligence Agency Croatian language Croatian Sigurnosno obavje tajna agencija or SOA , and Military Security and Intelligence Agency Vojna sigurnosno obavje tajna agencija or VSOA . These agencies conduct their activities in accordance with the Constitution, relevant national legislation, the National Security Strategy, the Defence Strategy and the Annual Guidelines for the Work of Security Services. ref name coe.int http www.coe.int t e legal affairs legal co operation fight against terrorism 4 theme files apologie incitement Codexter 20Profile 20 2009 20Croatia.pdf dead link date August 2011 ref Their work is subject to the scrutiny by the Croatian Parliament , the President of Croatia President of the Republic , the Government of Croatia Government , the Office of the National Security Council and the Council for the civilian scrutiny of the security intelligence agencies. The community of intelligence agencies, military and civilian, was established by Croatia during the Croatian war of independence , becoming integral to the Croatian war effort against Yugoslav and Serbia n forces. ref name CI cite web url http www.fas.org irp world croatia hatzadony.html title Croatian Intelligence Community John Hatzadony publisher FAS.org date accessdate 2011 09 20 ref Their total estimated spending is 66,694,656.84. ref Chris Hippner, A Study Into the Size of the World s Intelligence Industry Master s Thesis, December 2009 , 7, http www.scribd.com doc 23958185 A Study Into the Size of the World s Intelligence Industry http www.scribd.com doc 23958185 A Study Into the Size of the World s Intelligence Industry . ref Organization According to the Constitution of Croatia , the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister cooperate in directing the operations of the security services. The appointment ... more details
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