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Reckoning with the Consequences of Two Decades of Counterterrorism
This opinion piece in The Hill penned by executive director Eelco Kessels reflects on the twenty years since September 11th to underscore the urgency of restoring human rights and centering civil society in global security efforts....
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Enhancing Civil Society Engagement in UN Counterterrorism and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Efforts
The Global Center is undertaking a project to identify opportunities to strengthen the UN’s engagement with civil society in its efforts to counter terrorism and prevent the spread of violent extremism. The purpose of the project is to develop recommendations to enhance engagement between civil society and members of the...
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A ‘Whole of Society’ Approach? Exploring Civil Society Inclusion in National Frameworks to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism
This brief explores how civil society is included in national frameworks to prevent and counter violent extremism at different stages of the policy cycle, including in design, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. In doing so, the analysis contributes to a stocktaking of how international recommendations on civil society inclusion are...
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Engagement With Civil Society: The Missing Piece in UN Counterterrorism Efforts
Civil society organizations are often more knowledgeable, experienced, and trusted by local communities than governments, and their contributions have been well documented across various aspects of counterterrorism and prevention. As part of a series on the role of the UN system in preventing violent extremism and countering terrorism by the...
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GCTF Gender and P/CVE Policy Toolkit
The Global Center is in the process of finalizing a Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Policy Toolkit. The initiative was launched in April 2020 by the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and is co-led by the governments of Australia and Indonesia and implemented by the Global Center. Building...
Events
New York / Virtual75th UN General Assembly Highlights
Over the course of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Global Center hosted and participated in numerous events and functions aimed at advancing effective policy and practice around countering violent extremism, criminal justice and rule of law, and financial integrity and inclusion....
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Maldives / VirtualInstitutionalizing Community-Oriented Policing for Countering Violent Extremism
Senior ranking officers from the Maldives Police Service took part in a six-day inaugural seminar on community-oriented policing for countering violent extremism, via a virtual platform. Over the course of the training, participants were introduced to the drivers and conceptual framework of violent extremism, the specific challenges of institutionalizing and...
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Enhancing Civil Society Engagement
This paper presents the key findings and recommendations from consultations with civil society organized in connection with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) regional high-level conferences on counterterrorism, in which UNOCT partnered with the Global Center to organize two one-day, civil society–led workshops preceding the last two regional conferences. It...
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New York / Virtual2020 Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week
The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism organized its first Virtual Counter-Terrorism week in lieu of the 2020 Counter-Terrorism Week, were they hosted ten webinars and interactive discussions over the course of the week under the overarching theme of “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment” to...
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