ARMONIZAREA LEGISLA?IEI ROMÂNE CU DREPTUL INTERNA?IONAL ?I AQUIS-UL UNIUNII EUROPENE ÎN DOMENIUL TERORISMULUI

At the beginning of the third millennium terrorism represents one of the greatest threats for civilization, democratic values and international order. An efficient fight this phenomenon requires the unification of the efforts of the international community. This solidarity requires the active involvement of every state in order to implement the provisions of the international conventions and the decisions taken by the international organizations in order to prevent and fight terrorist acts. Because of the complexity of this phenomenon there is no definition of terrorism unanimously internationally accepted. This situation has as a consequence the lack of a unitary thinking and action against terrorism. The characteristics of terrorism are: violence; political motivated goal; induced fear; randomly selected targets and victims among civilians. The lack of a unanimously accepted definition of terrorism, corroborated with other reasons connected with the will of the states has as a consequence the fact that terrorism is not included in the criminal law. The central role in the fight against terrorism goes to the UN, this is why terrorism was often to be found on the agenda of this organization. The results were materialized in the form of several international conventions and resolutions of the Security Council. After 11 September 2001 a new era started also for the EU in the field of redefining its political guiding lines, institutional reform and adaptation of its capabilities to the new security environment. The heads of EU states adopted on September 21th 2001 the Action Plan Against Terrorism that was transposed in the internal legislation of all member states. Romania made great efforts in order to adapt its national legislation to the international law and the EU aquis in the field of preventing and fighting against terrorism. It also ratified all the international conventions regarding terrorism and signed important bi and multilateral cooperation treaties in this field.