Annual Conference on Countering Terrorism in the EU 2019

Date: 10 to 11-10-2019

Location: Trier

Languages: English

Organiser: Academy of European Law (ERA)

Website: https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=c7683eca0487e445e1142a96e177bead422e0ed700649115888853&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=128664

Objective This annual conference will present the European Union’s and Member States’ responses to dealing with returning terrorist foreign fighters. At the heart of the conference will be the judicial and law enforcement actions of relevant EU agencies and Member States’ authorities in detecting, prosecuting, imprisoning foreign fighters and assisting with their reintegration into society after release. Key topics - Analysis of the EU framework dealing with returning foreign terrorist fighters and EU agencies’ work in the field - Member States’ approaches to dealing with returning foreign terrorist fighters from prosecution to release, including case studies - Challenges in dealing with returning foreign terrorist fighters in prisons and their reintegration into society