About the GCTF

The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) is an informal, apolitical, multilateral counterterrorism platform. It is small, nimble, inclusive, and consensus-based. Its overarching mission is to reduce the vulnerability of people worldwide to terrorism by mobilizing expertise and resources to prevent, combat, and prosecute terrorist acts and counter incitement and recruitment to terrorism. 

The Forum brings together policymakers and practitioners from around the world to share experiences and expertise, and to develop practical, publicly available tools and strategies on how to prevent and counter the evolving terrorist threat. The GCTF is currently co-chaired by Egypt and the European Union. 

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Gender Responses in P/CVE Policies & Programs

Gender Responses in P/CVE Policies & Programs

20 September 2022

On the margins of the Twentieth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting in New York, the Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Co-Chairs, Australia and Indonesia, held a side event to promote the GCTF Gender and P/CVE Policy Toolkit and good practices in mainstreaming gender responses in P/CVE policies and programs.  Read more »
Using Criminal Justice Tools to Counter REMVE

Using Criminal Justice Tools to Counter REMVE

20 September 2022

The GCTF “REMVE” Toolkit Initiative Leads, the United States and Norway, and the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) hosted a side event in New York. It highlighted the criminal justice tools that governments are using, including in coordination with civil society and community actors, to counter racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism.

 

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Women & Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism

Women & Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism

20 September 2022

The GCTF East Africa Working Group held a side event on the margins of the Twentieth GCTF Coordinating Committee in New York. The event sought to promote gender-sensitive approaches to leadership, policymaking and processes related to criminal justice responses to terrorism in East Africa. Read more »
Maritime Security and Terrorist Travel in Africa

Maritime Security and Terrorist Travel in Africa

7 September 2022

Following the launch of the GCTF Addendum to the GCTF New York Memorandum on Good Practices for Interdicting Terrorist Travel, the FTF WG Co-Chairs, Jordan and the United States, held the first workshop of a series which highlights counterterrorism practice considerations, challenges, and opportunities.

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Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group - Fifth Plenary Meeting

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group - Fifth Plenary Meeting

16 January 2017

Participants reviewed the Working Group’s progress since the fourth plenary meeting and assessed priorities for the remaining months of the work plan and the current co-chairs’ mandate, including opportunities for collaboration with the other GCTF Working Groups.

Participants discussed key tools developed by the CJ-ROL Working Group, national efforts by members and capacity building efforts to assists other States to implement Good Practice #6 of the GCTF Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector, regarding the use and protection of intelligence in terrorism related investigations and prosecutions. Furthermore, GCTF members and partners described and discussed examples of successful models and continuing problems of effective inter-agency and international cooperation and collaboration and criminal justice issues impacting juveniles in the counterterrorism context.

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