The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) / United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) Global Victims of Terrorism Support Programme held an induction session to officially launch the work of the 2026 Tech for Victims of Terrorism Working Groups, on 16 July 2026. This first-of-its…
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), through its Global Counter-Terrorism Investigations Programme, certified 22 faculty members from national police academies in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria to deliver its specialised curriculum on intelligence-led counter-terrorism…
The United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT), under its Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats against Vulnerable Targets implemented held a training workshop in Cotonou, Benin, from 7 to 9 July 2026. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Committee…
Le Bureau des Nations Unies de lutte contre le terrorisme (UNOCT), dans le cadre de son Programme mondial sur la lutte contre les menaces terroristes visant des cibles vulnérables, a organisé un atelier de formation à Cotonou, au Bénin, du 7 au 9 juillet 2026. L’atelier a été organisé en coopération…
The United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel (CT Travel) Programme concluded a three-day coordination visit to the Office of the National Security Adviser’s National Counter-Terrorism Centre and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja to advance the implementation of Advance Passenger…
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)’s Global Victims of Terrorism Support Programme delivered a keynote presentation at the ITU AI for Good Global Summit on Leveraging AI for Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings, on 7 July 2026. The keynote featured the latest insights and…
The ‘Com Network’, an emerging violent and coercive online network, has raised growing concern among policymakers, practitioners and researchers. Operating across platforms and jurisdictions, this decentralized online ecosystem has been linked to a range of harms, including grooming, sextortion…
This side event, co-organised by the Ministry of Interior of Austria, the AIT, UNOCT-BSM, and IOM, in cooperation with INTERPOL, will explore current implementation gaps, Member States' capacities, and best practices in deploying human-rights-centered biometric solutions. Biometric technologies have…
The proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Latin America and the Caribbean poses a growing security risk, with firearms accounting for up to 73% of homicides regionally and 86% of homicides in CARICOM Member States. The proliferation and trafficking of SALW fuel organized crime…
Co-organised by the Kingdom of Morocco, the Kingdom of Spain, and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), this CT Week side event serves as a critical moment for reinforcing the centrality of victims of terrorism within the ninth review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy…
On the sidelines of the 2026 United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Senegal, Togo, and the agencies of the Integrated Border Stability Mechanism (IBSM) for West Africa co-organized a high-level side event entitled “From Commitment to Impact: Scaling Joint Responses…
The evolving threat posed by terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) requires increasingly coordinated responses. Drawing on experiences from Eastern Africa, the event will bring together Member States, United Nations entities and regional partners to explore strategies to strengthen…
The Tenth Coordination Committee meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, 24 January 2024, New York, UNHQ.
