Congress, as well as to publish its agendas, minutes, documents examined and decisions
taken, in order to ensure and increase its democratic legitimacy and transparency;
194. Encourages European countries when they conduct military operations in third countries
to:
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ensure that any detention centre established by their military forces is subject to
civilian and judicial supervision and that incommunicado detention is not
permitted;
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take active steps to prevent any other authority from operating detention centres
which are not subject to political and judicial oversight or where incommunicado
detention is permitted;
Legal recommendations
195. Considers that the powers of Parliament's temporary inquiry committees should be
reinforced and the inter-institutional decision governing the exercise of Parliament's
right of inquiry be amended accordingly;
196. Considers that Parliament should be adequately involved when the Community or the
Union adopt measures affecting civil rights and liberties;
197. Calls for the establishment of an adequate and structured system of cooperation between
Parliament and competent bodies of the United Nations and the Council of Europe when
dealing with matters related to internal security of the European Union;
198. Calls for enhanced cooperation with national parliaments in order to share all
information related to the fight against international terrorism;
199. Underlines the importance of a common definition of 'terrorism'; believes that the
United Nations is the most suitable organisation to define the concept;
SECRET SERVICES
200. Fully endorses the conclusions of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Terry
Davis, about the lack of oversight and judicial control mechanisms in respect of security
services, as expressed in the "Follow-up to the Secretary General’s reports under Article
52 ECHR" and expects his recommendations to be duly taken into consideration; calls
on Member States to provide adequate and effective parliamentary monitoring (by
establishing oversight committees with appropriate powers to access documents and
budgetary information) and legal supervision over their secret and intelligence services
and the formal and informal networks of which they are part;
201. Considers it necessary to enhance the Conference of the Oversight Committees on the
Intelligence bodies of the Member States, in which Parliament should be fully involved;
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