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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News

Expert Meeting on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes

Expert Meeting on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes

29-30 October 2019

LONDON - United Kingdom - GCTF Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Co-Chairs, Nigeria and Switzerland, organized an expert meeting on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, the Financing of Terrorism, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes.

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High-level Side Event on Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Taking Steps Towards the Implementation of UNSCR 2462 (2019) by Maximizing Synergies Between the International and Regional Contexts

High-level Side Event on Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Taking Steps Towards the Implementation of UNSCR 2462 (2019) by Maximizing Synergies Between the International and Regional Contexts

26 September 2019

NEW YORK - United States - Egypt and the European Union (EU), Co-Chairs of the GCTF Capacity-Building in the East Africa Region (EA) Working Group organized a high-level side event on the margins of the UN General Assembly week, jointly with jointly with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and its Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCTC).

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Side Event on the Policy Toolkit on the Zurich-London Recommendations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism Online

Side Event on the Policy Toolkit on the Zurich-London Recommendations on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism Online

25 September 2019

NEW YORK - United States -  On the margins of the Tenth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting in New York, Australia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom hosted a side event on the Policy Toolkit on the Zurich-London Recommendations.

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Tenth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

Tenth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting

25 September 2019

NEW YORK - United States - GCTF Co-Chairs, Morocco and the Netherlands, hosted the Tenth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting in New York, on 25 September 2019. The Tenth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting marks the end of two consecutive mandates of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Kingdom of the Netherlands as Co-Chairs of the GCTF.

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Activities

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group - Second Expert Meeting on the Development of a Memorandum on the Use of of Rule of Law-Based Administrative Measures in a Counterterrorism Context

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group - Second Expert Meeting on the Development of a Memorandum on the Use of of Rule of Law-Based Administrative Measures in a Counterterrorism Context

7-8 February 2019

Supported by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague (ICCT), the Second Expert Meeting was convened at the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of law (IIJ) in Valletta, Malta to gather expert input on the development of a Memorandum on the Use of Rule of Law-Based Administrative Measures in a Counterterrorism Context. The document will elaborate on the legal basis, scope, procedures, authority and oversight, safeguards and other dimensions relating to the use of administrative measures. The outcomes of these meetings will contribute to the development of the Memorandum to be put forward for endorsement at the Tenth GCTF Ministerial Plenary Meeting, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, in September 2019, in New York.

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