United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)

20 years of global counter-terrorism leadership 🌍 What have we learned from two decades of counter-terrorism work? Join us as we mark this milestone and look ahead. The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosts an open briefing commemorating CTED's 20th anniversary, bringing together Member States, civil society, and experts to explore our collective impact, lessons learned, and emerging trends in global CT efforts. 📅 October 27, 2025 🕙 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT 📍 UN Headquarters, Conference Room 2 🌐 Watch live: https://lnkd.in/d9vdnZjh 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/drpeHv6m This forward-looking discussion brings together voices from across the global counter-terrorism community to examine emerging threats and strengthen international cooperation for the future. #CTEDat20 #CounterTerrorism #SecurityCouncil #InternationalCooperation

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”.  This side event will bring together representatives from Member States, United Nations entities, criminal justice and human rights experts and civil society organizations, to discuss the human rights considerations of terrorism definitions. It will seek to raise awareness of the human rights implications of the vague and broad definition of terrorism and terrorist offences, take stock of existing good practices and remaining gaps observed in Member States’ approaches, promote the implementation of international human rights law and relevant Security Council resolutions, incorporation of international human rights norms and standards in national counter-terrorism legislation and policy, including by further building on existing guidance to codify terrorist offences in a manner compliant with international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian and international refugee law. 🔹Date: Wednesday, 22 October 2025 🔹Time: 1:15 PM – 2:20 PM 🔹Format: in-person, UNHQ- S-1522 & S-1523 . To attend, kindly RSVP to: eschapasse@un.org For more information you can contact: nesrine.elmansouri@un.org  Read more details here: https://lnkd.in/darRiagh

CTED releases new Trends Alert on terrorist exploitation of children Our latest Trends Alert documents the accelerating exploitation of children by terrorist groups worldwide, with tactics evolving faster than Member State responses can adapt. Key findings: 🔹Children as young as 8-9 are being targeted through sophisticated online and offline methods 🔹Terrorist groups exploit gaming platforms, social media, and encrypted messaging apps alongside abduction and offline coercion tactics 🔹Many Member States lack specialized juvenile justice systems, appropriate age determination protocols, and trauma-informed rehabilitation and reintegration programmes 🔹Children are often processed through adult counter-terrorism courts, denying them protections guaranteed under international law CTED will work with Member States to improve trends analysis and share good practices to strengthen responses that protect children from terrorist exploitation and safeguard their rights. Read the full Trends Alert: https://lnkd.in/dzh-Vmbm #ChildProtection #CounterTerrorism #ChildRights #UNSC

🌍 New CTED Assessment on Countering Terrorism Financing in Africa The UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has just published its 2024–2025 thematic summary assessment on gaps in implementing measures to counter the financing of terrorism (#CFT), focused on Africa.   The findings are clear: while many African States have strengthened their laws and regulations, implementation remains uneven and often ineffective. Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates continue to adapt and expand across the continent, exploiting political instability and ongoing conflict, porous borders, informal economies, and benefit from territorial control in some areas and access to natural resources such as gold and gems. Their financing methods increasingly blend cash smuggling and hawala with mobile money platforms and virtual assets, making detection more complex. Key gaps identified include:   🔹 Outdated or incomplete national risk assessments 🔹 Limited investigations and prosecutions of TF offences 🔹 Serious vulnerabilities of extractive industries, money transfer services, and the non-profit sector 🔹 Inadequate use of targeted financial sanctions 🔹 Underexplored links with cross-border criminal activities 🔹 Need for risk-based regulation of new financial technologies   CTED stresses that the complexity of terrorism financing in Africa requires African-led, context-specific solutions, backed by strong international cooperation. Priorities include building risk-based strategies, strengthening FIUs and law enforcement, enhancing regional coordination, and closing regulatory gaps in vulnerable sectors. 📑 More details: 🔗 Link to the webstory: https://lnkd.in/dnKX9EZf 🔗 link to the report: https://lnkd.in/dU4vbhnr

📢 To watch the full recording of the @Financial Action Task Force (FATF) webinar on latest #TerroristFinancing trends, please visit: https://t.co/WPgdwqQXwe   Panel discussion with experts from United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Direction générale du Trésor, Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) and TRM Labs provided insights on: 🔹 How contextual factors and nature of terrorist actors affect the financing methods they choose to use 🔹 How different methods can be used in combination with each other making it difficult to trace 🔹 How #TerroristFinancing trends are expected to evolve in the near future 🔹 How we can jointly enhance our risk understanding and improve risk-based #CFT responses   For more details on the latest #FATF report: https://t.co/syYk5XkGIB

Make sure to register and join us for the upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) webinar launching the #FATF Comprehensive Update on Terrorist Financing Risks, co-led by Direction générale du Trésor and United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). The panelists will reflect on the key findings of the report, including: 🔹 How contextual factors and nature of terrorist actors affect the financing methods they choose to use 🔹 How different methods can be used in combination with each other making it difficult to trace 🔹 How #TerroristFinancing trends are evolving in various contexts and regions 🔹 How we can jointly enhance our risk understanding and improve risk-based #CFT responses   🗓 Date: Tuesday, 22 July 2025 🕜 Time: 13:30–15:00 (Paris Time) 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/djG4guZx

United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) welcomes the release of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Comprehensive Update on Terrorist Financing Risks. This work, co-led by experts from CTED and France, attests to a coordinated approach in analyzing evolving global and context-specific TF trends and supporting Member States in this regard. The report offers: • Analysis of factors influencing the nature of TF risks • Granular overview of methods known to have been used for TF • Reflections on TF risks evolution and anticipated trends • Recommendations on improving the understanding of complex TF risks • TF risk indicators For more details, visit: https://t.co/d9xPqCN7Kk #CFT #TerroristFinancing #FollowTheMoney

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At the Security Council mtg on the SG’s 20th report on the threat posed by Da’esh, ASG Natalia Gherman, ED United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) highlighted that addressing the threat requires an approach centered on prevention, grounded in respect for human rights, & with regional cooperation as a linchpin. https://lnkd.in/dqMaSQ6e

ASG Natalia Gherman, ED United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) participated in the 11th mtg of the UN Global #CounterTerrorism Compact Coordination Committee, reflecting on CTED’s unique role to strengthen Member States capacities to prevent & counter terrorism in close coordination with Compact entities.