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Washington DCImproving the Criminal Justice Response to Terrorism: A Practical View From Prosecutors and U.S. and UN Experts
Confronted with an increasing concern over homegrown terrorism, a focus on prevention and strengthening the criminal justice response to terrorism has become an increasing priority. CGCC hosted this event in which discussants offered practical ideas and insights on how to deal with this relatively new field of jurisprudence. Panelists were...
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Semarang, IndonesiaRegional Workshop for Police and Prosecutors in South Asia on Effectively Countering Terrorism
CGCC collaborated with the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate to organize a regional workshop for police officers, prosecutors, and counterterrorism focal points from South Asia at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC). This workshop in the series was held outside the South Asia region, designed to better acquaint...
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Djibouti, DjiboutiNational Training Seminar: IGAD MLA and Extradition Conventions
CGCC and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism (ICPAT) organized this training seminar on extradition and mutual legal assistance (MLA) in the IGAD region. Participants included law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and judges from Djibouti. The meeting was facilitated by CGCC, ICPAT, the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive...
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Addis Ababa, EthiopiaRegional Training of Trainers: IGAD MLA and Extradition Conventions
CGCC and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism (ICPAT) organized this training seminar on extradition and mutual legal assistance (MLA). Participants in the training workshop included law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and judges from Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. The meeting was facilitated by CGCC, ICPAT, Peters...
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Colombo, Sri LankaRegional Workshop for Police Officers and Prosecutors in South Asia on Effectively Countering Terrorism
CGCC organized this meeting with the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, based in Colombo, for police and prosecutors from across South Asia in Colombo to discuss efforts to strengthen counterterrorism in the region. The workshop provided an unconventional forum for senior-level police officers and prosecutors to consider specific issues that...
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Brussels, BelgiumEU Support for the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Human Rights
CGCC hosted this seminar in cooperation with the Directorate for External Relations of the European Commission, focused on raising awareness of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, particularly its human rights elements, and how the European Union’s work on counterterrorism while promoting and protecting human rights are compatible with the...
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Nairobi, KenyaRegional Training of Trainers: IGAD MLA and Extradition Conventions
CGCC and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism (ICPAT) organized this training seminar on extradition and mutual legal assistance. Participants in the training workshop included law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and judges from IGAD member states. The meeting was facilitated by CGCC, ICPAT, Amicus Legal Consultants...
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IGAD Practitioner Reference Manual for Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition
Intended to assist practitioners in using the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition Conventions, this reference manual includes descriptions of the conventions’ provisions as well as practical legal issues and difficulties that practitioners—prosecutors, government legal advisers, law enforcement officers, or judges—may face, as well as possible solutions....
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New York, NYCounterterrorism and Human Rights: Opportunities to Improve U.S. and UN Policy
CGCC and Human Rights First cosponsored this meeting at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, and it was the first in a series of workshops and briefings that CGCC planned to hold over the year on counterterrorism and human rights. The primary objective of the project was...
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