27/11/2015 Standing Committee
“Let's combat international terrorism while protecting our Council of Europe standards and values. These two elements are not contradictory – they should always go together,” said Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), speaking today at the opening of a current affairs debate of the PACE Standing Committee on combating international terrorism while protecting Council of Europe standards and values.
While looking for the best ways to combat terrorism, "we parliamentarians should be the guarantee that what is proposed and adopted is indeed ‘human-rights-proofed’, is compliant with our standards and remains within the rule of law", he added.
Fanatical ISIL terrorism poses a threat to us all “and therefore we must act together to end this evil. We have to combat international terrorism, as the first part of the title of this current affairs debate states. The question is not whether we should do our utmost to overcome this major threat to civilization, but how we can do this in an effective way. And here the second part of the title becomes relevant: we should combat international terrorism while protecting Council of Europe standards and values," Mr Kox underlined.