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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A more effective response to the foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) phenomenon

A more effective response to the foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) phenomenon

This video is intended for policymakers and practitioners who are interested in exploring a more effective response to ForeignTerrorist Fighters. 

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Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes Initiative: Second Expert Meeting

Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes Initiative: Second Expert Meeting

11-13 February 2020

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Co-Chairs, Nigeria and Switzerland, hosted the Second Expert Meeting within the Initiative on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes.

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Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group Plenary Meeting

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group Plenary Meeting

11 February 2020

Nigeria and Switzerland, Co-Chairs of the Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group hosted a Plenary Meeting in Malta on 11 February 2020.

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Capacity-building in the West Africa Region (WA) Working Group Third Plenary Meeting

Capacity-building in the West Africa Region (WA) Working Group Third Plenary Meeting

3-4 February 2020

Co-Chairs of the Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group, Germany and Algeria, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held the Third Plenary Meeting of the Working Group under their new Co-Chair mandate. 

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Activities

Symposium on Preventing and Countering Terrorists’ Use of the Internet

Symposium on Preventing and Countering Terrorists’ Use of the Internet

21 October 2016

Key themes of the discussion included:

  •  The threat posed by terrorism has no boundaries. Therefore, States cannot address the threat of TUI alone. States should continue to advance international cooperation to prevent and counter TUI through the exchange of good practices and policies.

  • Governments, civil society and private sector actors have a shared interest in preserving an open and secure Internet, and a shared responsibility to prevent and counter TUI.

  • Measures need to be part of a comprehensive and integrated approach to address vulnerability to radicalization, including alternative content and counter narratives.

 

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