Human Rights published in February, was well-received at these and other events. Counter-terrorism measures increasingly integrate approaches geared towards prevention. In order to be effective, these strategies must be anchored in a comprehensive understanding of terrorism as a phenomenon and the conditions conducive to it. In July, ODIHR convened an Expert Meeting on Security, Radicalization and the Prevention of Terrorism. The meeting brought together approximately 60 participants and experts from across the OSCE region to discuss three concrete areas where religion and security intersect and have inspired particularly vigorous debate in the context of radicalization leading to terrorism: religion in prisons and detention centres; religious, ethnic and racial profiling; and surveillance and security regarding religious sites and communities. Within the context of the OSCE’s comprehensive concept of security, the differences in state policies towards religion and security in the context of counter-terrorism highlight the crucial relationship between the political/military and human dimensions, and the need to pursue security through the protection of human rights and the rule of law. While all states face similar challenges in combating terrorism effectively and protecting human rights, one point emphasized at the meeting was that there is no universal solution. The discussions also exposed a crucial gap in knowledge with respect to understanding the processes and factors underlying radicalization that leads to terrorism, and underlined the vital need for continuing study in this area. IV. Human rights and the armed forces Following consultations with governments, experts and non-governmental organizations, ODIHR finalized the Handbook on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel, published jointly with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). The handbook provides recommendations to participating States, drawn from best practices across the OSCE area, on how best secure the human rights of armed forces members. The handbook was launched in May for audiences in Vienna (OSCE) and Geneva (DCAF Foundation Council). It was also presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in September, to a joint session of the OSCE FSC/ PC in Vienna in October, and at the Congress of the European Organisation of Military Associations (Euromil) in Brussels in November. Further discussions were held with an audience of parliamentary staff in Belgrade in September, at a seminar co-organized by DCAF and the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and with Central Asian military officials at a CPC/Swiss government Seminar on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security in September in Almaty. The first event to focus on this issue at the national level took place in June in Tbilisi, where government officials, members of parliament, ombudsman office officials and representatives of NGOs were among those brought together to discuss the human rights situation for Georgian armed forces personnel. An open discussion ensued, and was then resumed in December at the launch of a Georgian translation of the Annual Report 2008 41