AI, ICJ, OSJI and OSEPI joint submission regarding the European Commission's proposed draft Combatting Terrorism Directive
In this submission, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) analyse and offer recommendations on the European Commission’s December 2015 proposal for a Directive on Combating Terrorism and Replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on Combating Terrorism (“the proposed Directive”) in light of Member States’ obligations under international law, in particular international human rights law.