Events Calendar

After the launch of CT PHARE – Counter-Terrorism Platform for Human Rights Engagement in March 2023, the new global facility has implemented its first Capacity Building Activity on the roles and responsibilities of Oversight and Accountability Mechanisms...

The IIJ is pleased to invite you to the third virtual meeting for this year. The main theme is “Counter-terrorism and International Humanitarian Law: legal tensions, practical challenges, and possible solutions” presented by David McKeever. This...

On 24-25 May, IIJ welcomed 55 practitioners (prosecutors, investigators, judges) and policymakers from 20 countries and nine international humanitarian organisations, including UN agencies and academic institutions, to a meeting on Repatriating Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Displaced...

We are pleased to have welcomed our Board Members to Malta for a highly productive and fruitful meeting on 22 and 23 May. Our Governing Board of Administrators (GBA) includes representatives from the governments of Algeria,...

From 16 – 26 May, the IIJ Academic Unit continued its important work frontline criminal justice practitioners by delivering its Counter-Terrorism Academic Curriculum (CTAC) course. This immersive, foundational course – funded by the United States of...

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On April 25-26, the IIJ was pleased to resume its important work on Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE) by hosting an expert roundtable on radicalisation to violence among active and retired military and law...

On 12-14 April 2023, the IIJ returned to Nairobi for the third of five activities under the Canada-funded project to strengthen mutual legal assistance in Kenya and Somalia. The National Consultation for Kenyan Stakeholders assisted Kenyan...

The IIJ is pleased to invite you to the second virtual meeting for this year. The main theme is “Counter terrorism in the Sahel region” with our Visiting Fellow Cheibou Samna. This event will be fully...

From 10-12 April 2023, the IIJ travelled to Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the first Africa Children Summit and hold a side event on Criminal Justice Approaches to Children in a Counter-Terrorism Context. The side event, generously...

The IIJ has officially launched CT PHARE – Platform for Human Rights Engagement, the new global facility in support of the EU External Action’s Council Conclusions on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism of June...

From 8-10 March, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), in collaboration with the Philippines’ Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC), travelled to Manila to convene its first in-person post-COVID regional juvenile...

From 6 – 16 March, the IIJ Academic Unit delivered its first Arabic-language in-person course for frontline criminal justice practitioners from the Middle East and North Africa. The course employed a contextualised version of the Academic...

In February, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), returned to Niamey, Niger, to continue the important work it is doing with criminal justice practitioners there. The delegation, led by Executive Secretary...

The IIJ is pleased to invite you to the first virtual meeting for this year. The event will be an introductory meeting with our Executive Secretary, Steven Hill, and discussions on the IIJ’s upcoming work. This...

‘We come with a baggage of what we think rape is and we need to get rid of that’. These and other powerful words were spoken by leading criminal justice officials during the IIJ’s first workshop...

In February 2023, the IIJ travelled to Nairobi for its first-ever National Workshop for Somali Stakeholders, a four-day session to reinforce Somalia’s legal framework and mechanisms for mutual legal assistance (MLA) and extradition. The event, the...

The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) was pleased to organise this workshop in collaboration with the British High Commission (BHC). It aimed to support the implementation of the recommendations issued in...

Ever wonder what are the challenges investigators are faced with when trying to retrieve evidence related to sexual violence cases? Or why most of these cases fail to achieve any result because of the absence of...

In January 2023, the IIJ convened its first workshop on safeguarding the non-profit sector from misuse for terrorist financing in the Middle East. The event was organized with the generous financial support of the State of...