Criminal Justice and Rule of Law
Accountable and accessible criminal justice systems
that uphold human rights and the rule of law better address the drivers of violent extremism.
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Where criminal justice systems are weak or inaccessible, violent extremism can thrive. We have trained thousands of police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials to equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to handle terrorism cases in a manner consistent with human rights and the rule of law.
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Kathmandu, NepalSixth Regional Workshop for Police Officers, Prosecutors, and Judges in South Asia on Effectively Countering Terrorism
This workshop for police officers, prosecutors, and judges in South Asia was the sixth in a series of workshops designed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation and capacity in the region. The workshop focused on issues related to witness protection, media and the prosecution of terrorism cases, and enhancing the capacity of...
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Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Capacity Building to Counter Terrorism in Fragile Institutional Contexts: Lessons From Development Cooperation
A new wave of multilateral counterterrorism initiatives has the opportunity to recalibrate how criminal justice and rule of law–oriented counterterrorism capacity-building assistance is delivered to developing states with weak institutions. This policy brief argues that aligning counterterrorism capacity-building agendas within a framework informed by the Paris Principles and the development...
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New York, NYStrengthening Multilateral Rule of Law and Terrorism Prevention Efforts
CGCC hosted a roundtable to explore areas of convergence between rule of law and counterterrorism efforts at the United Nations. During the roundtable, participants explored current UN efforts to address the rule of law and counterterrorism, shared insights from field research and law enforcement practitioners, and considered how complementary initiatives...
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Washington DCMultilateral Counterterrorism: Advances in Strengthening Rule of Law Institutions in Front-Line and Other Countries
Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Coordinator, and Ambassador Mike Smith, Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, discussed advances in the efforts of the United Nations, the Global Counterterrorism Forum, and their participating countries to strengthen rule of law institutions in other countries....
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Promoting Organizational Change to Ensure Respect for Human Rights While Countering Terrorism
This policy brief explores how basic principles of organizational change can help intelligence and law enforcement agencies weed out human rights abuses and build organizational cultures that promote, rather than undermine, human rights and the rule of law in their efforts to counter terrorism....
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Fighting Terror Through Justice: Implementing the IGAD Framework for Legal Cooperation Against Terrorism
This report looks at strengthening the IGAD framework for legal cooperation against terrorism in East Africa. As the IGAD Security Strategy adopted in December 2010 makes clear, effective cooperation will be crucial to winning the struggle against terrorism and to ensuring that other forms of transnational crime do not similarly...
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New Delhi, IndiaFifth Regional Workshop for Police Officers, Prosecutors, and Judges in South Asia on Effectively Countering Terrorism
This workshop for police officers, prosecutors, and judges in South Asia was the fifth in a series of workshops designed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation and capacity in the region and focused on issues related to national and international cooperation in terrorism investigations. CGCC co-convened this workshop, which was hosted by...
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; and Kampala, UgandaJoint ISSP-CGCC Task Force on Legal Cooperation Against Terrorism in the IGAD Subregion
A task force of eight high-ranking security and criminal justice officials from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) embarked on a tour of East Africa co-organized by CGCC and the IGAD Security Sector Program (ISSP). The officials undertook the study tour...
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New York, NYMainstreaming Human Rights Compliant-Interrogation Skills in East African Countries
This closed-door discussion brought together representatives of UN member states and agencies such as the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force to discuss how to encourage innovative approaches to integrating respect for human rights into counterterrorism efforts worldwide. The meeting focused on a training seminar organized...
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