The Terrorism Convictions Monitor (TCM) is intended to provide a regular overview of the terrorism-related developments throughout the EU area. The Monitor has been developed on the basis of open sources information available to the Case Analysis Unit and methodologies such as individual case studies and comparative analysis. There is a link provided to each of the respective articles found on the Internet. In addition, the current TCM includes information exclusively provided to Eurojust by the national authorities of several Member States by virtue of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA with no links to open sources.

Issue 23 of the TCM covers the period May - August 2015. It includes an overview of the concluded court proceedings in the reporting period, a selection of upcoming and ongoing trials as well as an update on relevant legal developments. The analytica! part of the report contains an analysis of a judgment from the Oslo District Court in relation to returnees from the conflict zone in Syria. The report presents also some highlights of the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, the Political Declaration and the Action Plan adopted in May 2015 by the Council of Europe.

The general objective of the TCM is to inform and kindly invite the National Members to review, confirm, and, if possible, complete the information retrieved from the various open sources. The respective National Desks will be further contacted for specific details, when needed.

The Eurojust National Correspondents for Terrorism Matters are invited to provide information on an ongoing basis to Eurojust, in conformity with Council Decision 2005/671/JHA.