In This Issue:
Events
Workshop on "UN Engagement with Regional, Sub-Regional and Functional Bodies and Civil Society in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”
17-18 March 2008 | Bratislava, Slovakia
The Government of Slovakia, with the support of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, hosted the second meeting of the expert-driven "International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation" on 17-18 March 2008 in Bratislava. That workshop brought together more than 60 experts, including representatives from some 40 governments, and addressed "UN Engagement with Regional, Sub-Regional and Functional Bodies and Civil Society in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy."
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Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa
4-5 March 2008 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the IGAD Capacity Building Partnership Against Terrorism co-hosted a workshop on 4-5 March 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the financial support of the Government of Denmark on implementing the UN Global Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in East Africa.
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Counterterrorism & Human Rights Discussion Panel
28 February 2008 | Columbia University Law School, New York, New York
Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute hosted a discussion of two new publications from the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation: Handbook on Human Rights Compliance while Countering Terrorism by Dr. 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.
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Workshop on "Institutional Challenges in Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy"
21-22 January 2008 | Zurich, Switzerland
The Government of Switzerland, with the support of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, hosted the first meeting of its expert-driven "International Process on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation" on 21-22 January 2008 in Zurich. That workshop addressed the "Institutional Challenges in Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy."
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Publications
Human Rights and the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
January 2008 - By Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe
This report addresses the challenge of implementing the human rights–based approach to counterterrorism enshrined in the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. It provides specific recommendations for how UN and regional bodies carry forward the human rights elements of the UN Strategy.
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Handbook on Human Rights Compliance While Countering Terrorism
The handbook, produced by Dr. Alex Conte on behalf of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, provides practical guidance to decision-makers on what human rights compliance means and how it is to be achieved in the context of counterterrorism law and practice.
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Newsworthy
"Terrorism Money is Still Flowing," Los Angeles Times
The U.S.-led effort to choke off financing for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups is foundering because setbacks at home and abroad have undermined the Bush administration's highly touted counter-terrorism weapon, according to current and former officials and independent experts.
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"Security Council Extends Counter-Terrorism Office's Mandate Until End of 2010," UN News
On 20 March 2008, the UN Security Council unanimously voted to extend the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), which is tasked with monitoring the efforts of countries to combat the global scourge of terrorism, until the end of 2010.
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"U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists," New York Times
In the days immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, members of President Bush’s war cabinet declared that it would be impossible to deter the most fervent extremists from carrying out even more deadly terrorist missions with biological, chemical or nuclear weapons.
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"Battling Terrorism," Letter to the Editor, New York Times
It is time for a strategic realignment to alleviate the immense pressure on the United States military and to ensure that American civilian agencies and our global partners are sharing the burden in the fight against violent extremists, which should rely more heavily on nonmilitary approaches and international cooperation.
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