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	Supporting Egyptian criminal justice officers in countering terrorist activities on the Internet	UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop for Egypt on increasing the capacity of criminal justice officers to use special investigation techniques to counter terrorist activities on the Internet, in the context of foreign terrorist fighters, in Cairo on 18-20 December 2017. Read More >
		Vienna event marks 10th Anniversary of Convention to tackle nuclear terrorismRepresentatives of Governments and international organizations, including the UNODC's TPB, as well as experts gathered in Vienna to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT). Read More >
		UNODC launches manual for South-Eastern Europe on the investigation and prosecution of foreign terrorist fighters. UNODC/TPB has developed a new training manual entitled on Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Manual for Judicial Training Institutes, South-Eastern Europe. Read More >
		Nigeria, in partnership with UNODC, EU and CTED agreed on an action plan for strengthening criminal justice responses to terrorism in Boko Haram affected Northeast Nigeria. Read More >
		Serbia: criminal justice responses to FTFs. Serbia: criminal justice responses to FTFsUNODC/TPB held a national workshop for Serbia on normative and administrative challenges relating to the FTF threat in Belgrade on 30 November - 1 December 2017. Read More >
		Enhancing national capacities in South and South East Asia to address the cross-border movement of foreign terrorist fighters. UNODC/TPB held a cross-regional workshop on the investigation, prosecution and adjudication of FTF cases to enhance national capacities in Manila from 7 to 9 November 2017. Read More >
		UNODC, namely its Terrorism Prevention Branch, the Regional Office for South Asia and the Regional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific, together with the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate organized a regional meeting for South and South East Asian countries on effective Central Authorities for international judicial cooperation in terrorist cases, including cases involving foreign terrorist fighters from 7 to 9 November 2017. Read More>
		Addressing foreign terrorist fighters in Bosnia and Herzegovina UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop for Bosnia and Herzegovina on normative and administrative challenges relating to the FTF threat in Sarajevo on 30-31 October 2017. Read More >
	Egypt: Specialized training on countering the financing of terrorism using virtual currencies	UNODC/TPB organized a specialized training on countering the financing of terrorism using virtual currencies in Cairo from 2 to 4 October 2017. Read More>
	Addressing foreign terrorist fighters in Montenegro	UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop for Montenegro on normative and administrative challenges relating to the FTF threat in Podgorica from 21 to 22 September 2017. Read More >
		UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop on the investigation and adjudication of cases involving foreign terrorist fighters in South Eastern Europe in Sarajevo from 6 to 7 September 2017. Read More >
	Specialized forensic bomb scene management t raining for Iraq	UNODC/TPB organized a training session on the forensic management of bomb scenes for Iraqi officials in Beirut from 28 to 30 August 2017. Read More>
	Iraq: training judges who will be deployed in the liberated areas	UNODC/TPB organized a national moot court training for Iraq on investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating terrorist cases in Beirut from 8 to 11 August 2017. Read More >
		South and South East Asia: Criminal justice responses to violent extremism and FTFs UNODC/TPB organized five national workshops for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives and the Philippines on developing and strengthening effective national policies and legal frameworks for preventing and countering violent extremism leading to terrorism through appropriate criminal justice responses. Read More >
		EU and UNODC, in cooperation with the UK, partner with Nigeria Police Force to help bring terrorists to justice UNODC/TPB and the EU, in cooperation with the UK, organized a series of training courses for the Nigeria Police Force to strengthen their capacity to build strong case files to support prosecution of terrorist suspects while respecting human rights. Read More >
		Lake Chad Basin: integrating gender dimensions to fight terrorism: UNODC/TPB, and the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR), organized a sub-regional workshop on gender dimensions of criminal justice responses to terrorism in Yaoundé on 19-21 July 207. Read More >
	Regional workshop on the use of digital evidence in terrorism related cases, in investigation and trial phases	UNODC/TPB organized a regional workshop for participants from the MENA region on the use of digital evidence in terrorism-related cases, which took place in Rome from 11 to 13 July 2017. Read More>
		Iraq: Using intelligence in FTF-related investigations and prosecutions UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop for Iraq on protecting and using intelligence information in human rights and rule of law-based criminal justice sector-led investigations and prosecutions of foreign terrorist fighter related cases in Valletta on 5-7 June 2017. Read More >
		South Eastern Europe: Strengthening investigation and adjudication of FTF cases UNODC/TPB organized two national workshops on the investigation and adjudication of cases involving foreign terrorist fighters in South Eastern Europe. The first one was held in Pristina, Kosovo (under Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)), and the second one in Durres, Albania from 1 to 2 June 2017. Read More >
	Japan's support to Yemen's delivery of specialized equipment to investigate complex terrorist cases	UNODC/TPB delivered specialized equipment to Yemen for investigative purposes in Amman on 18 May 2017. Read More >
		Nigeria: UNODC launches initiative on gender dimensions in fight against terrorism UNODC, in partnership with the European Union and Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, held the first workshop on gender dimensions of the criminal justice response to terrorism in Abuja, Nigeria on 15 May 2017. Read More >
	Egypt: Sharing good practices for preventing and countering transport-related terrorism offences	UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop on good practices for countering transport-related (civil aviation and maritime) terrorism offences in Alexandria, Egypt on 13-15 May 2017. Read More >
	Disrupting the financing of terrorism in the MENA region	UNODC/TPB and the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force co-organized a regional training course on disrupting the financing of terrorism in Doha on 11 May 2017.Read More >
		UNODC launches a training module on The International Legal Framework against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism UNODC/TPB announces the publication of a training module, in the six official languages of the United Nations, which is part of TPB's counter-terrorism legal training curriculum. Read More >
	UNODC facilitates study visit of DRC counter-terrorism officials to Niger	UNODC/TPB organized a study visit of Niger's counter-terrorism unit for Congolese criminal justice and law enforcement officials in Niamey from 2-4 May 2017. Read More >
		Jordan: Management of intelligence information on the investigation and prosecution of FTF cases UNODC/TPB held a national workshop for Jordan on protecting and using intelligence in rule of law-based, investigations and prosecutions of FTF-related cases in Amman from 25 to 27 April 2017. Read More >
	Good practices to address terrorist-related threats to critical oil infrastructure in Iraq	UNODC/TPB organized a national training for Iraq on good practices to address terrorist-related threats to critical infrastructure in Beirut from 24 to 27 April 2017. Read More >
		Parliamentarians from MENA and South-Eastern Europe review the implementation of the UNSC resolutions on terrorism and FTFs UNODC/TPB and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) organized, in close consultation with the United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a conference entitled "Evaluation of implementation by national parliaments of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Terrorism and FTFs" in Rome from 30 to 31 March 2017. Read More >
		Supporting Indonesia in strengthening national frameworks for compensation of victims of terrorism UNODC/TPB, in collaboration with Indonesia's Witness and Victim Protection Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized a workshop to strengthen national frameworks for compensation of victims of terrorism in Jakarta on 30 March 2017. Read More >
		Kenya: UNODC launches manual on human rights and criminal justice responses to terrorism The UNODC and Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions launched a new manual today on Human Rights and Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism tailor made for Kenya. Read More >
		Nigeria: EU, UNODC and CTED partnership boosts human rights-compliant measures against terrorism The European Union and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, Nigeria and UNODC, are continuing to work together to strengthen Nigeria's criminal justice measures against the terrorist threat of Boko Haram in compliance the rule of law and fully respecting human rights. Read More >
		Yemen: Drafting a new counter-terrorism law UNODC/TPB held a legislative workshop in the preliminary stages of drafting Yemen's counter-terrorism law in Amman from 24 to 25 March 2017. Read More >
		South Eastern Europe: Training on the investigation and adjudication of cases involving FTFs UNODC/TPB organized a two-day national workshop on the investigation and the adjudication of cases involving FTFs in Belgrade from 22 to 23 March 2017. Read More >
		MENA: strengthening legislation for facilitating cross-border cooperation against terrorism, its financing and other serious crimes UNODC/TPB organized a regional workshop on measures and mechanisms under international law to strengthen cross-border cooperation against terrorism, its financing and other serious crimes in Amman from 21 to 23 March 2017. Read more >
		Morocco: Strengthening special investigation techniques of digital communication channels for criminal justice and law enforcement officers UNODC/TPB organized a specialized technical workshop for Morocco on the use of the Internet to investigate and prosecute terrorist cases in Velletri, Italy from 20 to 24 March 2017. Read More >
		Central Asia: UNODC/TPB assists in addressing FTFs UNODC/TPB in cooperation with OSCE and the Academy of Law Enforcement Authorities of Kazakhstan organized a two day regional workshop in Astana from 28 February to 2 March 2017. Read more >
		UNODC/TPB Promotes International and Regional Cooperation in Criminal Matters involving Foreign Terrorist Fighters in South Eastern Europe UNODC/TPB organized a regional workshop for South Eastern Europe on strengthening international and regional cooperation in criminal matters related to terrorism, with a focus on foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), which was held in Vienna from 14 to 16 February 2017 . Read more >
		MENA: Strengthening the rule of law compliant criminal justice responses to violent extremism leading to terrorism UNODC/TPB organized a regional workshop, in cooperation with the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute on preventing and countering radicalization and violent extremism leading to terrorism through the rule of law based criminal justice approach, and engaging private sector and civil society actors in the national framework, in Tokyo from 13 to 16 February 2017. Read More >
		Yemen: addressing terrorist-related threats to critical infrastructure UNODC/TPB held a national workshop for Yemen on good practices to address terrorist threats to critical infrastructure in Amman from 12 to 14 February 2017. Read more >
		Morocco: Assisting National Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Officers to Strengthen Response to Propaganda, Apology and Incitement to Terrorism UNODC/TPB organized a national workshop on the reinforcement of the judicial response to propaganda, apology and incitement to terrorism in Rabat from 31 January to 2 February 2017. Read More >
		UNODC promotes the international legal framework against nuclear terrorism The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT), in partnership with Canada and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held the Vigilant Marmot Legal Frameworks Workshop in Bratislava from 24 to 26 January 2017. Read more >
		Jordan: Managing the crime scene in terrorism-related cases UNODC/TPB organized a national training on crime scene management in cases of terrorism relatedoffences, including the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes and cyber offences in Amman from 24 to 26 January 2017. Read more >
		EU Action for Maghreb: Regional Seminar on Conducting Counter-Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions UNODC and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a workshop on converting intelligence to evidence and building intelligence from information in accordance with international standards and the rule of law in Tunis, from 18 to 20 January 2017. Read More >
	Mali and UNODC work together to strengthen criminal justice measures against terrorism	Mali and UNODC, working through its Regional Office for West and Central Africa (ROSEN) based in Dakar and the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB), has in recent years reinforced their cooperation for strengthening Mali's capabilities for undertaking effective criminal justice measures against terrorism in compliance with the rule of law. Read more >