01643nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001600043653001700059653002400076653004600100653002200146653003800168653001200206653002800218653003100246653002300277100002600300700001700326245010900343300001000452490000700462520092000469       2018                            d  cSpring 201810a24/7 Network10aAdditional Protocol10aConvention on the Prevention of Terrorism10aCouncil of Europe10aEuropean Counter Terrorism Center10aEuropol10aexchange of information10aforeign terrorist fighters10aUN Resolution 21781 aAlbert Flores-Herrera1 aPlamen Penev00aThe importance of the Council of Europe’s 24/7 Network of Contact Points on Foreign Terrorist Fighters  a37-450 v173 a<p style="text-align:justify;">The article focusses on the Council of Europe 24/7 Network of Contact Points on Foreign Terrorist Fighters envisaged in article 7 of the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism adopted on 22 October 2015. The Protocol supplements the 2005 Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism and it entered into force on July 1, 2017. The Protocol addresses the imminent security threat originating from “foreign terrorist fighters” (FTFs) who are returning to their countries of origin or are trying to relocate in third countries as a result of Daesh’s military defeat and collapse. Those ‘returnees,’ i.e, FTFs and their families, pose a tremendous challenge with no easy solution for law-enforcement agencies and societies across Europe, and combatting the menace requires full compliance with international law.</p>