The IIJ, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, organised a workshop in Tokyo on Building Cooperation and Coordination to Promote the Rule of Law. The workshop brought together criminal justice practitioners...

On 13-14 February 2025 the IIJ completed the Training for Somali Practitioners on Countering the Financing of Terrorism – the first IIJ CFT programme to take place in East Africa.The training brought together 16 practitioners representing...

From January 28 to 31, 2024, the IIJ CT PHARE team, in partnership with the African Union Counter Terrorism Centre (AUCTC), hosted the second Capacity Building Activity in Accra, Ghana. This four-day event focused on Pre-Trial...

On 27 and 28 January 2025, the IIJ implemented a training on digital evidence in a counter-terrorism context for the Attorney General’s Office of Libya. The initiative was generously supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...

On 21 January 2025, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) hosted a series of Online Sessions for the Government of Kuwait on Targeted Financial Sanctions, Asset Recovery and Mutual Legal Assistance...

The IIJ workshop in Nairobi, funded by the United Kingdom, brought together 31 practitioners from Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, and the United Kingdom to address the use of digital open-source intelligence in counter-terrorism (CT) prosecutions. Opening remarks...

The IIJ successfully delivered the first edition of the Counter-Terrorism Academic Curriculum (CTAC) programme for Nigerien justice practitioners. This selective programme, fully funded by the United Kingdom, enhanced the knowledge and skills of investigators, prosecutors, and...

Between 23 October and 2 December 2024, the IIJ Academic Unit delivered the third edition of the online ‘Counter Terrorism Academic Curriculum (eCTAC) for Anglophone Practitioners from East and West Africa’. The intensive, online course develops...

From 9 to 13 December, the in-person component of the Financial Counter Terrorism Academic Curriculum (FIN CTAC) course was held in Kuala Lumpur, uniting 22 practitioners (Prosecutors, investigators, and FIU officials) who had successfully completed the...

On 9-11 December 2024 the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) facilitated a regional workshop in South Asia on strengthening Central Authority capacity. The regional workshop was generously supported by the United...

From 03 to 05 December 2024, the IIJ EU funded CT PHARE facility visited Baghdad, Iraq, for a three-day capacity-building activity focused on “Strengthening Dialogue Between Iraqi Government Authorities and Human Rights Stakeholders while countering terrorism.”...

On 26-29 November 2024, the International Institute for Justice (IIJ), in partnership with the Kenyan Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), hosted a Capacity-Sharing Workshop on Drafting Mutual Legal Assistance Requests in Cross-Border Investigations, in Naivasha, Kenya....

On 19-21 November 2024 the IIJ held the first Regional Workshop within the multi-year project on Building Capacity and Improving Cooperation Mechanisms on Countering the Financing of Terrorism in Southeast Asia. The workshop focused on human...

A Turning Point in Justice: Addressing Sexual Violence in the Context of Terrorism What does justice look like for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the shadow of terrorism? At the IIJ Policy Roundtable...

On 22 November 2024, the IIJ concluded its Trial Judges’ Counter-Terrorism Academic Curriculum course (TJ CTAC) held in Malta.  This one-week, in-person course followed the successful completion of the online component attended by participants between September...

The IIJ proudly hosted its annual Governing Board of Administrators meeting at the historic Teatru Manoel in Valletta. The event provided a unique opportunity to reflect on the past year’s achievements and chart the course for...

On 11-12 November 2024 the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) facilitated an event for 20 of its alumni, as part of a series of activities celebrating the Institute’s 10th anniversary, generously...

On 29-31 October, the IIJ, in collaboration with the United States Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism and the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco, convened 72 front-line counterterrorism practitioners and policymakers for a...

Steven Hill, the Executive Secretary of the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), had the honour of addressing global leaders at the G7 Rome-Lyon Group Meeting on 23 October. In his remarks,...

The IIJ CT PHARE team spent four days in Algiers, Algeria, conducting CT PHARE’s Capacity Building Activity focused on Pre-Trial Detention and the Right to a Fair Trial,organised in collaboration with the African Union Counter Terrorism...