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Washington DCHill Briefing by Martin Scheinin, UN Special Rapporteur Focusing on Counterterrorism and Human Rights
Organized by the Stimson Center Security for a New Century project and CGCC, Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur focusing on counterterrorism and human rights, presented a briefing on the need for U.S. counterterrorism efforts to comply with its obligations under international law. The briefing was based on his 2007...
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Washington DCUN Terrorist Designations and Sanctions: A Fair Process and Effective Regime?
Thomas Sanderson, Deputy Director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, led a panel discussion on the effectiveness and human rights implications of the UN al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions regime. Panelists were Richard Barrett, Coordinator of the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Analytical Support and...
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Antalya, TurkeyThe Role of the UN in Promoting and Strengthening the Rule of Law and Good Governance in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The Republic of Turkey hosted the third workshop in the “International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation” series, cosponsored by Turkey, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, and Switzerland and supported by CGCC. This meeting, which included some 55 experts representing states, multilateral bodies, and civil society from around the world, focused on...
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Washington DCRisks and Rewards of a Multilateral Counterterrorism Strategy
At the New America Foundation, Alistair Millar and Eric Rosand of CGCC discussed their report commissioned by the Better World Campaign entitled “Building Global Alliances in the Fight Against Terrorism,” in which they contend that although targeting and capturing terrorists remain at the forefront of the nation’s counterterrorism strategy, the...
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New York, NYImplementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Western Hemisphere
The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations hosted this workshop organized and sponsored by CGCC, which brought together representatives from Organization of American States (OAS) member states, UN Secretariat officials, officials from the OAS Secretariat, and leading academic and other nongovernmental experts on the region. Participants examined the...
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Bratislava, SlovakiaUN Engagement with Regional, Sub-Regional and Functional Bodies and Civil Society in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The government of Slovakia hosted the second meeting of the “International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation” series, which dealt with UN engagement with regional, subregional, and functional bodies and civil society in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy....
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Addis Ababa, EthiopiaImplementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa
CGCC hosted this conference on implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa at which experts from the United Nations, regional and subregional bodies, and academic and research institutions participated in discussions. That meeting was the second as part of a Danish-sponsored project on implementing the UN Strategy...
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New York, NYCounterterrorism and Human Rights Discussion Panel
Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute hosted a discussion of two new publications from CGCC: “Handbook on Human Rights Compliance While Countering Terrorism” by Alex Conte and “Human Rights and the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Hopes and Challenges” by Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe. Participants...
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Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitutional Challenges in Implementing the UN Strategy
The government of Switzerland hosted the first meeting of the “International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation” series with the support of CGCC. This workshop dealt with the institutional challenges in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy....
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Copenhagen, DenmarkImplementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa
CGCC hosted this workshop on implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa, in which experts from the United Nations, regional and subregional bodies, and academic and research institutions participated in discussions. That meeting was part of a Danish-sponsored project on implementing the UN Strategy in the region....
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