Organizacja Bezpieczeństwa i Współpracy w Europie w walce z terroryzmem międzynarodowym .......... 121

Since its creation in 1975, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (then the CSCE) has seen wars, crises and revolutions. It has survived tumultuous events, it has helped to guide systemic change, and it has itself been transformed by them. Terrorism is by no means a new phenomenon in the OSCE region. Indeed, terrorism is directly referred to in Principle VI of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act. Nevertheless, the attacks in the United States on September 11 2001, ushered in, for many, a fundamentally new perception of this threat. Human rights advocates, scholars, government officials, military planners and television’s talking heads continue to debate on how to prevent and punish acts of terrorism while safeguarding civil liberties.