Around the world, governments and civil society organizations struggle to provide adequate support for a criminal justice system that abides by human rights, provides suspects with due process, and incarcerates convicted offenders in a way that does not lead to repeat offenses and further radicalization. As emphasized in the fourth pillar of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, accessible and reliable rule of law institutions are crucial to preventing terrorism and ensuring respect for human rights. International donors can help to support efforts to build respect for and adherence to the rule of law, but the work on the ground must be led, designed, and owned by local partners. CGCC has worked to assess the scope and effectiveness of capacity-building efforts to support the rule of law in Southeast Asia; improve community policing in South and Southeast Asia; improve skills for police, judges, and prosecutors in East Africa and South Asia; improve legal cooperation between countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development; and support the establishment of an International Institute of Justice and the Rule of Law in Tunisia.
This report discusses the important role supreme court justices play in strengthening state capacities to bring terrorists to justice within the framework of human rights and the rule of law. It discusses common challenges and strategies raised by justices over the course of an 18-month program in the Euro-Med region...
The Global Center, in collaboration with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague (ICCT) and the Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa, convened the first of three regional meetings developed to support civil society actors' role in the rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists and returning foreign...
The eleventh regional workshop focused on the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of cases involving foreign terrorist fighters, individuals who travel or attempt to travel to another state to support, plan, prepare, or perpetrate a terrorist act. It was a follow-up to ten previous workshops hosted on a biannual basis in...
Following an 18-month consultative process with judges and magistrates handling terrorism and related cases from East Africa and Southeast Asia, this publication offers a series of recommendations intended to inform policymakers and judicial administrators to support the implementation of "The Hague Memorandum on Good Practices for the Judiciary in Adjudicating...
The Global Center delivered its second pilot training course on effective interview and interrogation techniques for senior criminal justice practitioners in partnership with the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law and Human Rights First in Valletta, Malta. Over the course of the training participants engaged with issues...
The Global Center on Cooperative Security, in conjunction with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague and several subregional partners, has launched a 24-month initiative aimed at strengthening the networks, capacity, and readiness of civil society organizations and community leaders to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of terrorism offenders...
The Global Center delivered its second pilot training course on the use and protection of intelligence in criminal investigations and prosecutions. Over the course of the training, representatives from the judiciary, police, and intelligence services of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger, and Tunisia actively engaged with issues pertaining to the acquisition,...
With support from the U.S. Department of State, the Global Center designed a series of regional consultations around the implementation of the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s "Hague Memorandum on Good Practices for the Judiciary in Adjudicating Terrorism Offenses" within a rule of law framework. The workshop provided a forum for the...
On the margins of the UN open briefing, a side event was held featuring Mr. Khaled Ayari, Chief Justice of the Tunisian Court of Cassation, who discussed national judicial reforms. Held at the International Organization of the Francophonie, the Chief Justice elaborated on the challenges faced by the judicial unit...
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