Multilateral Security Policy
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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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New York, NYConditions Conducive to the Spread of Terrorism: Implementing Pillar I of the UN Strategy
CGCC and the International Peace Academy organized this workshop hosted by the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations on conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism and implementation of Pillar I of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Representatives of some 25 UN member states, UN Secretariat officials, and...
Publications
"Fighting Terrorists, Targeting the Roots of Contemporary Terrorism"
This article, published in The InterDependent as part of a series on “What the UN Can and Cannot Do Alone,” argues that despite the United Nations’ inability to define terrorism and other shortcomings, it has a crucial role in addressing the multidimensional threat of terrorism, namely in establishing norms, facilitating...
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Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Southern Africa
The report focuses on the challenges of and priorities for implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in southern Africa. It considers how the Strategy can be used as a guide for governments in and outside the subregion, the United Nations, and other multilateral bodies and civil society to contribute...
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Building Global Alliances in the Fight Against Terrorism
This report outlines steps the Obama administration should take during its first 100 days to improve international cooperation against terrorism, repair the United States’ damaged reputation on the international stage, and protect America from another major terrorist attack....
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The UN Security Council's Counterterrorism Program: What Lies Ahead?
This report was the culmination of the “Security Council Counterterrorism Review Project” and highlights the successes and shortcomings of the post–September 2001 Security Council counterterrorism program and the steps that can be taken to improve it, in particular the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate....
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Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat
This book examines and evaluates post-9/11 cooperative nonmilitary responses to the global terrorist threat, with a particular focus on efforts of the United Nations, Financial Action Task Force, European Union, and a wide array of multilateral institutions....
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