The role and significance of Eurojust in countering terrorism
The role and significance of Eurojust in countering terrorism

Summary/Abstract: The text presents the development of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and discusses the legal institutions at its disposal for the performance of its tasks. Then, data was cited concerning terrorist cases in which Eurojust had provided assistance. The number of cases in which Eurojust was involved and the related data were compared, on the one hand, with data from previous years and, on the other hand, with data on terrorism contained in Europol’s TE-SAT reports (European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report). This procedure led to the confirmation of the research hypothesis that Eurojust is an important element of a complex legal and institutional system aimed at combating terrorism, but its role is not sufficiently reflected in its reports. The summary attempts to answer the following questions: 1. Why do Eurojust reports not fully reflect its position in the counter-terrorism system? 2. What is the value of Eurojust reports in the context of recognising the phenomenon of terrorism? 3. What should be done to increase the practical significance and substantive quality of these reports?

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