Developing an alternative approach to security and counterterrorism

PROGRAMME

09:30
Welcome remarks by MEP Judith Sargentini 09:45
Developing an alternative approach to security and counterterrorism 09:50
Is mass surveillance effective in the fight against terrorism?
chaired by MEP Jan Albrecht

• Ms Mara Wesseling, post-doctorant at the Center for the Sociology of Organizations of SciencesPo
• Mr Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet, lecturer in terrorism  and political violence at the University of Manchester

10:35
How to improve the effectiveness of investigations and prosecutions of terrorist activity?
chaired by MEP Eva Joly

• Mr Iain G. Mitchell, QC, chair of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) Working Group on Surveillance
• Mr Christian Hamm, police officer and teacher at the college for police of Rhineland-Palatania in Germany 
• Ms Rachel Robinson, policy officer Liberty, a London-based NGO focusing on civil liberties and human rights in the UK

11:35
General discussion
chaired by MEP Jean Lambert 12:00
Concluding remarks by MEP Eva Joly