CGCC’s work emphasizes the inherent linkages among respect for human rights, good governance, and effectively combating terrorism and aims to address the tensions that sometimes emerge among these concepts in practice. CGCC has provided analysis and recommendations for better integrating human rights considerations into the UN counterterrorism program, including to the Security Council’s sanctions regime. CGCC also conducts human rights–focused trainings as part of its capacity-building work in different regions around the world. For example, in 2011, CGCC piloted a four-day training seminar in Uganda on human rights–compliant interrogation techniques. In 2012, CGCC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark cohost a conference that focused on various human rights issues, identifying guidance to ensure those standards are upheld, as part of ongoing efforts to build capabilities to address counterterrorism and human rights issues in third countries.
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New York, NYHigh-level Event on Preventing the Radicalization to Violent Extremism in Prisons
The Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations together with the Permanent Missions of Belgium, Burkina Faso, and Indonesia, the Global Center, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), organized a high-level dialogue on preventing the radicalization to violent extremism in prisons. The high-level event, the first...
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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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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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Desecuritizing Kenyan Youth: Young People’s Perspectives on Community Priorities in Mombasa
Against the backdrop of heightened international and domestic concerns over the vulnerability of Kenyan youth to violent extremism, this policy brief focuses on the hardships and priorities of youth in Kenya through the voices of young people themselves. Drawing on a series of focus group discussions conducted by the Kenya...
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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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New York, NYPerspectives on Promoting Cooperation among Criminal Justice Practitioners of South Asia in Countering Terrorism
The Global Center, the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, and Baker McKenzie, LLP co-hosted a roundtable discussion to promote cooperation among criminal justice practitioners of South Asia in countering terrorism. The event showcased select outcomes of nearly ten years of programming conducted by the Global Center and CTED in the...
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Yaoundé, CameroonTraining Series on Counterterrorism and Human Rights in Cameroon
The Global Center and the National School of Administration and Magistracy (know as ENAM) held a first training series on the topic of good governance and access to justice in countering terrorism in Cameroon. The two-track training program was delivered to magistrates and civilian administrators from across the country over...
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When the Dust Settles: Judicial Responses to Terrorism in the Sahel / Quand la poussière retombe: La justice face au terrorisme dans le Sahel
In the Sahel, weak law enforcement capacities, vast ungoverned territories, and underdeveloped criminal justice systems have contributed to the proliferation of nonstate armed groups. This report builds on a set of recommendations unanimously adopted by the chief justices of the Sahel and features contributions from supreme court justices from the...
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