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Washington DCUntangling a Marriage of Convenience: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
The Global Center and InterAction’s Together Project, with support from the Government of Norway, hosted a panel discussion on supporting a human rights-based approach to countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) efforts. The event featured a presentation of the key points from the Global Center’s recent policy brief Untangling a...
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Yaoundé, CameroonSecond Training Series on Counterterrorism and Human Rights Delivered in Cameroon
The Global Center and the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) held a second training series for magistrates and civilian administrators on the topic of good governance and access to justice in countering terrorism. The trainings resulted in a set of recommendations adopted by participants which will be submitted...
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Jakarta, IndonesiaCountering Violent Extremism in Prisons in Indonesia
The Global Center implemented a train-the-trainer workshop for Indonesian prison and service staff, in cooperation with the Indonesian Directorate General of Corrections (DGC). The workshop aimed to train a cadre of local facilitators to deliver training for prison staff on the management of violent extremist offenders in maximum security facilities...
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New York, NYCountering the Financing of Terrorism with Respect for Human Rights Principles
The Global Center, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations, convened a group of experts to discuss the development and implementation of effective and targeted countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) measures in accordance with human rights and financial inclusion principles and inform ongoing discussions...
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The Hague, The NetherlandsGCTF CVE Working Group Workshop on the CVE Challenges of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their Families
The Global Counterterrorism Forum Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia, in collaboration with the Global Center, hosted a workshop on the CVE challenges of returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families. This workshop provided an opportunity for CVE policymakers, practitioners, experts, and civil society organizations to...
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Mombasa, KenyaEmpowering Youth Leaders to Counter Violent Extremism in Kenya and Nigeria
In cooperation with the Kenya Community Support Centre and Carefronting Nigeria, the Global Center hosted a capacity-building workshop for youth-based preventing and countering violent extremism organizations in Kenya. The workshop was delivered as part of a wider organization support and small grants process, in which twenty civil society organizations from...
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New York, NYPassing the Baton: Sustaining Security Council Efforts in Preventing and Countering Terrorism
The Global Center, together with the Permanent Missions of Indonesia and Peru to the United Nations, hosted a closed-door roundtable with past and current UN Security Council members as part of its “Passing the Baton” series, to share lessons learned and identify priorities in relation to the Council’s support to...
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New York, NYRemarks by Global Center Executive Director during Arria Formula Meeting of the Security Council on Preventing and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
The permanent missions of Australia, France, Indonesia, Peru, and Tunisia co-hosted an arria formula meeting on preventing and countering the financing of terrorism, a core focus of the Global Center. In his remarks, Executive Director Eelco Kessels focused on the importance of promoting risk-based and human rights-centric anti-money laundering and...
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Addis Ababa, EthiopiaStrengthening Ethiopia’s Capacity to Counter Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows -- Program Close
In 2018, the Global Center marked its sixth year of partnership with the Ethiopian Financial Intelligence Center (EFIC), Federal Attorney General (AG), and other stakeholders under two phases of technical assistance programming supported by the government of Denmark. Ethiopia has made substantive progress in strengthening its AML/CFT regime and has...
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Djibouti, DjiboutiCountering Illicit Financial Flows in Djibouti / Lutter contre les flux financiers illicites à Djibouti
The Global Center and the financial intelligence unit (FIU) of Djibouti held a workshop on countering illicit financial flows. Magistrates as well as representatives of the police, gendarmerie, customs, and the office of the State Prosecutor participated. The workshop provided a timely opportunity for government actors with anti-money laundering and...
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