Academic Courses

Counter-Terrorism Academic Curriculum (CTAC)

The CTAC is designed to build the foundational knowledge and skills of course participants to pursue criminal justice approaches to countering terrorism through a rule of law framework. In turn, course alumni can better equip their respective institutions as they implement and share the knowledge and good practices they learned and developed in the course. Crucially, the CTAC appreciates the unique roles of participants in the criminal justice process (whether they are investigators, prosecutors or examining judges), making the course more applicable and enriching to all. In addition, each CTAC course is contextualised to each region’s security environment and adapted to the participant countries’ legal traditions (e.g., civil or common law, hybrid, etc.). To best ensure an exceptional strengthening of the knowledge and skills of the practitioners, promote their mutual support and networking, no more than 25 participants attend each course.

eCTAC

The eCTAC – or online Counter-Terrorism Academic Curriculum – is an innovative online curriculum course designed for investigators, prosecutors and examining judges.
Designed and developed by the IIJ Academic Unit, the eCTAC is building crucial practitioner capacity for proactive investigations and prosecutions of terrorism cases and expanding practitioner knowledge on gathering evidence to disrupt terrorist activity. Other topics covered by the eCTAC include the lawful and proportionate use of special investigative techniques, efficient inter-agency coordination and effective international cooperation; all of which are essential in rule of law-compliant terrorism investigations and prosecutions.
eCTAC cCourses are tailored to the needs and contexts of the specific cohort – whether by language, region or legal system(s). Each course is limited to approximately maximum of 25 participating practitioners so as to allow for an exceptional strengthening of the knowledge and skills of the practitioners, mutual support and networking.

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The in-person, two-week CTAC course focuses on participant-based learning which directly involves the participant in the learning process and includes a simulated investigation and prosecution, as well as relevant, interspersed lectures and discussions to build practitioners’ core skills.
The CTAC is building skills relevant to:
How to effectively
move from
confession-led to
intelligence-led
investigations
Improved drafting
and advocacy skills
to present evidence
and legal arguments
Understanding the
significance of
protecting human
rights to deliver
successful
prosecutions in their
own jurisdictions

Understanding the Significance of Protecting Human Rights to Deliver Successful Prosecutions in their Own Jurisdiction

Improved Drafting and Advocacy Skills to Present Evidence and Legal Arguments

How to Effectively Move from Confession-Led toIntelligence-Led Investigations