The series of Modules on Counter-Terrorism Education, developed within the Education for Justice (E4J) initiative, aim to provide a relevant and valuable resource for lecturers teaching courses on counter-terrorism in universities and academic institutions across the world. The Modules seek to enhance students’ understanding of terrorism, its implications and related…
The series of Modules on Counter-Terrorism Education, developed within the Education for Justice (E4J) initiative, aim to provide a relevant and valuable resource for lecturers teaching courses on counter-terrorism in universities and academic institutions across the world. The Modules seek to enhance students’ understanding of terrorism, its implications and related…
The cornerstone principle of IHL is that of distinction which all parties to a conflict must abide by at all times, namely to “distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives and accordingly [to] direct their operations only against military objectives” (article 48 Additional…
The Module so far has focused on the substantive aspects of the right to privacy and intelligence gathering methods. This section now turns to considering some of the procedural safeguards necessary to address at least some of the concerns identified during the substantive rights discussion, namely judicial and non-judicial oversight…
This module focuses on international human rights instruments, particularly The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Regional organizations also play an integral role in multilateral counter-terrorism cooperative efforts (United Nations, General Assembly, 2006, A/RES/60/288, para. 3(d)), including for the realization of the UN Strategy’s goals. These are examined in Module 5. Such regional instruments and outputs can take the form of binding regional anti-terrorism conventions (and,…
Developed under UNODC’s Education for Justice (E4J) initiative, a component of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration, this Module forms part of the E4J University Module Series on Counter-Terrorism and is accompanied by a Teaching Guide. The full range of E4J materials includes university modules on…
Developed under UNODC’s Education for Justice (E4J) initiative, a component of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration, this Module forms part of the E4J University Module Series on Counter-Terrorism and is accompanied by a Teaching Guide. The full range of E4J materials includes university modules on…
Module on the Universal Legal Framework Against Terrorism available as PDF in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Russsian.
Over the course of its ‘Caliphate’ project (2014–2017), the Islamic State group (IS) sought to indoctrinate, recruit and operationalise children to both populate its ‘state’ and swell its army. In order to design effective initiatives to rehabilitate and reintegrate children born and/or raised under IS rule, the motivating factors behind…
La captación y el adoctrinamiento de niños y adolescentes constituyen en nuestro país un fenómeno de dimensiones desconocidas hasta fechas recientes. Entre 2013 y 2017 al menos 36 yihadistas proyectaron sus esfuerzos de movilización sobre personas que no habían superado la mayoría de edad. Sus actividades se vieron condicionadas por…
