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An Opportunity for Renewal: Revitalizing the United Nations Counterterrorism Program

By James Cockayne, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe

Report — September 2010

To help inform the UN General Assembly’s review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the Security Council’s comprehensive consideration of the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), this report details an independent strategic assessment of UN counterterrorism efforts over the two years since the Strategy and CTED were last reviewed.

Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in West Africa

By Jason Ipe, James Cockayne, and Alistair Millar

Report — September 2010

This report makes the case for West African states and partners to develop counterterrorism capacities and cooperation in the subregion, using the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy as their point of departure and working closely with and through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The report is based on recommendations that emerged from a large stakeholder meeting cohosted with the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja and a series of smaller consultations in Brussels and New York.

Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in North Africa

By James Cockayne, Jason Ipe, and Alistair Millar

Report — September 2010

This report provides an overview of the evolving terrorism threat in North Africa and analyzes how states in the subregion working with external partners, including the United Nations, European Union, and United States, can improve subregional counterterrorism-related cooperation. In particular, the report argues that because of its universal membership and distance from the politics of the region, the United Nations can play a unique role in catalyzing this cooperation.

Developing Regional Counterterrorism Cooperation in South Asia

By Alistair Millar

Newsletter article — December 2009

In light of the 2008 attacks in Mumbai and numerous terrorist attacks since, this article in the CTC Sentinel looks at the pressing need and prospects for developing a regional approach to intelligence sharing, law enforcement, and other forms of counterterrorism cooperation in South Asia. It highlights some of the challenges to developing effective regional counterterrorism cooperation in South Asia by looking at the counterterrorism efforts of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Enhancing Counterterrorism Cooperation in Eastern Africa

By Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe

Journal article — June 2009

This article, published in the African Security Review, begins with an overview of the terrorist threat and vulnerabilities in eastern Africa and the capacity of governments to respond. It then looks at the response at the subregional level and what has developed into the primary mechanism for fostering deeper subregional cooperation, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism, and how it may be improved. It also examines how the United Nations can help to strengthen that cooperation and the opportunity offered by the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

Overdue Process: Protecting Human Rights while Sanctioning Alleged Terrorists

By George A. Lopez, David Cortright, Alistair Millar, and Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf

Report — April 2009

This paper highlights the importance of providing due process and respecting other fundamental human rights when countering terrorism and offers a set of recommendations for civil society organizations to consider in their efforts to support and sustain human rights as priority rather than postscript for measures to enhance security.

Oversight or Overlooked? Civil Society’s Role in Monitoring and Reforming Security Systems and the Practice of Counterterrorism

By Alistair Millar with David Cortright, Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf, and George A. Lopez

Report — March 2009

A report to Cordaid, this document considers civil society’s role in monitoring Security System Reform (SSR) and counterterrorism both in policy and in practice. It argues that civil society engagement, particularly with local actors, is central to ensuring proper civilian oversight and the overall effectiveness of both SSR and counterterrorism efforts and examines how efforts to engage civil society may be improved.

Creating a Legal Foundation and a Strategy to Combat Terrorism

By Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar

Book chapter — 2009

“Creating a Legal Foundation and a Strategy to Combat Terrorism,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar in Global Agenda: Issues Before the United Nations 2009-2010, ed. Dulcie Leimbach (New York: United Nations Association — USA, 2009).

Targeted Sanctions, Counter-Terrorism and Strategic Peace-Building

By George A. Lopez and David Cortright

Book chapter — 2009

“Targeted Sanctions, Counter-Terrorism and Strategic Peace-Building” by George A. Lopez and David Cortright, in Strategies of Peace, edited by Daniel Philpott and Gerard F. Powers (Oxford University Press, 2009) pp. 169-188.

Friend not Foe: Civil Society and the Struggle against Violent Extremism

By David Cortright with George A. Lopez, Alistair Millar, and Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf

Report — October 2008

Many of the policies carried out in the name of counterterrorism are making the terrorist danger worse. An overemphasis on security measures has eroded civil liberties and human rights in many countries and diverted attention from the policies needed to counter the complex challenge of contemporary global terrorism. This paper examines the contradiction of counterterrorism measures that can hinder the work of countering terror.