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Civil Society Engagement with the United Nations on Counterterrorism–A Perilous, Uphill Challenge

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
August 9, 2023
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8 min

Seventeen years after the adoption of the UN General Assembly’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), the United Nations negotiated the eighth biennial GCTS review, which...

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The Cost of Consensus in the Eighth Review of U.N Global Counterterrorism Strategy

Posted byby Marie Corrie
July 20, 2023
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On 22 June, member states prioritized consensus adoption of the United Nations’ (UN) eighth biennial Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy review resolution over furthering the promotion...

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U.N Counterterrorism Boss May Be Reappointed, Is It a Problem He’s Russian?

Posted byby Marie Corrie
June 1, 2023
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7 min

The United Nations is likely to reappoint the head of its Office of Counterterrorism, who has been leading the entity since its inception in...

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Expert: Counterterrorism ‘rhetoric’ used to justify rise of surveillance technology

Posted byby Marc Dubois
March 19, 2023
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Some countries and private companies are using “counter-terrorism and security rhetoric” to justify a major increase in the deployment and use of cutting-edge surveillance...

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Starting Bell Rings for U.N Counterterrorism Negotiations with Big Questions Unanswered

Posted byby Devlin McAllister
March 3, 2023
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United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General António Guterres released the biannual report on the “Activities of the United Nations system in implementing the United Nations Global...