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Kosovo’s Legislation and Other Mechanisms on Counterterrorism
Kosovo’s Legislation and Other Mechanisms on Counterterrorism

Author(s): Haki Demolli, Islam Qerimi
Subject(s): Politics
Published by: Centrum Europejskie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Terrorism; Extremism; Global Security; National Security; Kosovo;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we discuss terrorism as an adversity to global security, with special emphasis on Kosovo. The presented data shows that today, terrorism poses a risk to more than half of the world’s population. Although a small country, Kosovo, has not been left out of this negative societal phenomenon. More specifically, according to international reports, the threat and danger to Kosovo from Islamic extremism has increased; it is supported and partially funded by foreign organisations that propagate extremist ideology and violent extremist groups which use social networks in a very active way to propagate and recruit their followers. The data in this paper confrms that more than 400 Kosovar men, women, and children have travelled to areas of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, having been recruited to fight for violent extremist groups. Therefore, the clear policies of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo addressed here suggest the government is aware of the seriousness of this threat which it is determined to prevent and combat this phenomenon by taking concre testeps in areas such as: legislative measures; mechanisms and planning forthe prevention of and combat against terrorism as well as being proactive in the fight against terrorism.

  • Issue Year: 25/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 169-190
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English