Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group - Plenary Meeting

3-4 May 2016

This meeting provided an opportunity for the Working Group to take stock of progress since the last Plenary Meeting held in Valletta on 13-14 April 2015. The Working Group also discussed ongoing initiatives and strategic priorities for the coming years. That includes the Initiative to Address the Life Cycle of Radicalization to Violence, where the CJ-ROL Working Group plays a critical role.

The meeting highlighted completed and/or on-going programs aimed at implementing the Rabat Memorandum. This included a presentation of the Global Center on Cooperative Security of its final report regarding how GCTF and non-GCTF members are implementing criminal justice good practices, as defined by the Rabat Memorandum, around the globe.

In the coming years the CJ-ROL Working Group will identify new initiatives and programs (bilateral and multilateral) that can be launched to help operationalize some of the key practices highlighted in the Rabat Memorandum. Particular focus will be on good practices #1, #2, #8 and #9, which were identified as key areas for assistance during the last working group plenary.

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Documents to download

Read the full Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector

Workshop on Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (RFTFs)

TURIN - Italy - The GCTF’s Detention and Reintegration and Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Groups and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) teamed up with experts in Turin to discuss the ways forward on the rehabilitation and reintegration of returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (RFTFs).

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group - Workshop on Identifying and Countering Terrorist Recruiters and Facilitators

WASHINGTON D.C. - United States - The Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group convened an expert meeting in Washington on 25-26 April to discuss ways to identify and counter terrorist recruiters and facilitators.

Expert Workshop on the Implementation of Rabat Good Practices 12-15 in the Sahel Region

ALGIERS - Algeria - The Co-Chairs of the Sahel Capacity Building (Sahel) Working Group, Algeria and Canada, in collaboration with the Co-Chairs of the Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group, Egypt and the United States (US), organized a workshop focusing on the Rabat Memorandum’s good practices related to legal frameworks as a way to promote rule of law-compliant responses to terrorism in the Sahel region.

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group - Experts Meeting on Juvenile Justice in a Counterterrorism Context

TURIN - Italy – Under the auspices of the GCTF’s Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), the Government of Switzerland and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) hosted an experts meeting on Juvenile Justice in a Counterterrorism Context on 16-17 February 2016, in Turin, Italy.

Juvenile Justice in a Counterterrorism Context

NAXXAR - Malta - Under the auspices of the GCTF’s Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), the Government of Switzerland and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) hosted an expert meeting on Juvenile Justice in a Counterterrorism Context on 10-12 November 2015, in Naxxar, Malta.