19. PERAN ASEAN CONVENTION ON COUNTER TERRORISM DALAM PENANGANAN TERORISME DI FILIPINA PERIODE 2011 – 2013

Abstract

The terrorist attack that happened in various states particularly after 9/11 tragedy is not a
new issue for the Southeast Asian countries. The issue of terrorism that was once became a
concern of individual country, has now became a shared concern for the countries
inSoutheast Asia due to the situation in the international order that are facing complex
security. Various acts of terrorist attack that hasoccurred in the Philippines arethe concrete
example of the complex security, because the terrorist groupsfrom the rest of the Southeast
Asian countries itself are linkedto each other. ASEAN as an institution representing the
Southeast Asia region issued the ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism in 2007 as a
response to the threats of terrorism faced by the region. This research aims to analyze the
role of ACCT convention in combating terrorism in the Phlippines in the year 2011 – 2013
due to the increasing number of terrorist attack since the convention came into force. To
analyze the role itself, this research uses neoliberal institutionalism theory. The method
that is used in this research is qualitative method with descriptive-analytical type through
interviews and literature technics. Outcome from this research is the ACCT Convention
has role in providing legal norms, ordinances, and strategies in facing terrorist threats to
the member countries of ASEAN. These strategies had been implemented by the
Philippines through various actions and activities during the year 2011 – 2013 such as the
adoption of new laws related to terrorism, provision of capacity building training for law
enforcement and counter-radicalization or rehabilitation programs for former perpetrators
of terrorism.