In the wake of the attacks in the US on 11 September governments in the UK, US and the EU are planning a number of measures to protect against future terrorist attacks. Some of these measures are directed specifically against such attacks, but some of the measures are not and would, if implemented, affect the fundamental rights of the people living in these democracies.

This "Observatory" will be tracking proposed measures by providing both anaylsis and documentation so that civil society can find out what is being planned and make its views known.

The "Observatory" covers all new EU measures with full-text documentation and analysis plus reports from the US, UK and other European countries.

The "Observatory" also carries in-depth reports on:

No 1: EU "Conclusions" on counter-terrorism
No 2: Creation of the EU "security state" (forthcoming)
No 3: The European arrest warrant proposal
No 4: EU definition of terrorism
No 5: "The enemy within": plans to put protestors under surveillance

plus Background reports on:

- Surveillance of telecommunications in the EU
- EU plans to police protests

The "Observatory":
 http://www.statewatch.org/observatory2.htm