Committee of Experts on Terrorism
The Committee of Experts on Terrorism, or CODEXTER, is an inter-governmental committee of experts of the Council of Europe.[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/Fight_against_terrorism/ Council of Europe website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304193806/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/fight_against_terrorism/ |date=2008-03-04 }} accessed 4 March 2008
It was founded in 2003 to replace the Multidisciplinary Group on International Action Against Terrorism.[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal%5Faffairs/legal%5Fco%2Doperation/fight%5Fagainst%5Fterrorism/3%5FCODEXTER/ Council of Europe website] accessed 4 March 2008 In 2018 CODEXTER became the Council of Europe Counter-Terrorism Committee. [https://www.coe.int/en/web/counter-terrorism/codexter COE CODEXTER] accessed 1 June 2019
One of the principal functions of the organisation is to make profiles of each member's legislative and institutional counter-terrorism plans.[http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism-strategy/working-with-partners/international/council-europe United Kingdom Home Office website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006021058/http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism-strategy/working-with-partners/international/council-europe |date=2008-10-06 }} accessed 4 March 2008 These profiles are short reports on member states' counter-terrorism measures.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012161324/http://www.libertysecurity.org/auteur666.html "Committee of Experts on Terrorism (Codexter) - Profiles on Counter-Terrorist Capacity"] accessed 4 March 2008
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"[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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110520093249/http://web.amnesty.org/aidoc/ai.nsf/2409a336a83fd4e480256ef400540aa8/25364ddaad044c9980256faf0068a86a!OpenDocument Google's cache of the page]