Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact released a new Guidance on Ensuring Respect for Human Rights while Taking Measures to Counter the Financing of Terrorism offering Member States, financial institutions, and other stakeholders a practical framework to ensure that efforts to prevent and disrupt terrorist financing fully comply with international human rights obligations.
On 18 November 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), in partnership with the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), launched the “CTED-OSCE Trends Report Update: Physical protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks” The launch event was hosted at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations and was co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the Trends Report, CTED and OSCE examine trends and developments in international frameworks and national efforts to protect critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks since CTED’s 2017 Report on the same topic.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) carried out its first comprehensive assessment visit to Austria, on behalf of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), from 10 to 13 November 2025. The purpose of the visit was to evaluate Austria’s progress in implementing key counter-terrorism measures pursuant to Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and other relevant resolutions.
On 27 October 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) convened to mark the 20th anniversary of its Executive Directorate (CTED). The open briefing gathered Member States, United Nations entities, international, regional and subregional organizations, civil society, academia, and counter-terrorism practitioners to reflect on CTED’s achievements, lessons learned, and its comparative advantage to support Member States in countering terrorism.
The Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism are pleased to invite you to the side-event on “The definition of terrorist acts and international human rights law”.
On 8 October 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a hybrid briefing for Member States on trends and developments in CTED’s technical assistance facilitation in border management’s and law enforcement’s response to attacks on vulnerable targets.
New CTED Trends Alert highlights urgent challenges as children face multiple forms of exploitation by terrorist groups.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released a new Trends Alert documenting the accelerating exploitation of children by terrorist groups worldwide, with Member States reporting increasing concern about their capacity to protect children who are subjected to multiple forms of physical and psychological harm.
The UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released its latest thematic assessment, spotlighting persistent gaps in the fight against terrorism financing (TF) in 29 Member States in Africa examined under the reporting period (2024-2025) and identifying their priority areas for technical assistance.
New York, 15 September 2025 – the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published a report on “Civil society perspectives on national and regional counter-terrorism strategies” summarizing the findings from five virtual round-table discussions on the engagement of civil society organizations (CSO) in counter-terrorism strategies, held in February 2025.
On 3 September 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a Technical Knowledge Exchange aimed at informing Member States about current trends, issues and developments relating to terrorism and counter-terrorism in West Africa, particularly the Lake Chad basin region and the Gulf of Guinea.