Events Calendar

On 15, 21 – 22 and 28 – 30 July 2020, with funding from the Government of the United States, the IIJ convened its fourth thematic workshop on Addressing Homegrown Terrorism with a Special Focus on...

In July 2020, the IIJ convened an online workshop for 32 legal counsel and prosecutors from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, to form in-country working groups to take on the responsibility of drafting common guidelines for the...

In July 2020, the IIJ, together with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), convened a First Expert Meeting on Remote Access to Judicial Proceedings in Terrorism Cases – a topic which has particular...

In June 2020, the IIJ convened five online consultations for 59 practitioners from 15 countries with experience in designing and implementing multi-actor programmes for preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) with a particular focus on referral...

On 16 – 18 and 30 June 2020, the IIJ convened its first online workshop under the IIJ Juvenile Justice Initiative. The Online Sectoral Workshop for Investigators brought together 55 investigators and other practitioners including defence...

In March 2020, the IIJ delivered the fifth phase of a bespoke Trinidad & Tobago Counter-Terrorism Investigation project under the IIJ Investigations Initiative. Generously supported by the British High Commission, this phase concentrated on capacity-building for judicial and prosecutorial...

The IIJ, in cooperation with the Danish Centre for Prevention of Extremism, convened an expert workshop in Copenhagen in February 2020. The workshop brought together 40 practitioners from 16 countries with experience in designing and implementing...

In February 2020, the IIJ convened a West Africa Workshop in Abuja under the auspices of the IIJ Battlefield Evidence Workstream. The workshop was co-hosted by the Government of Nigeria, with support from the U.S. Department...

In February 2020, the IIJ convened the final in a series of seven capacity-building workshops on Rehabilitating and Reintegrating RFTFs in Chad and Mali. The previous six capacity-building workshops (three each in Chad and Mali) focused...

In January 2020, the IIJ convened in Malta a Sectoral Workshop for Defense Counsel under the IIJ Juvenile Justice Initiative, one of eight IIJ Core Initiatives. The Sectoral Workshop gathered 50 defence counsel and other practitioners,...

In January 2020, the IIJ convened in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the third phase of a multi-agency counter-terrorism ‘Intelligence-led, Evidence-driven’ capacity building programme, delivered under the IIJ Investigations Initiative, with generous support from the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office and...

In January 2020, the IIJ convened a capacity-building workshop on Enhancing Regional and International Cooperation Between Criminal Justice Sector Stakeholders in Terrorism Cases, which focused on the specific needs and experiences of practitioners in the West Africa...

In December 2019, the IIJ convened an East Africa Regional Workshop on Evidence in Istanbul, with support from the Governments of Switzerland and Türkiye. The workshop was held under the auspices of the IIJ Judicial Capacity-Building Initiative; one of eight IIJ...

In December 2019, the IIJ, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Counterterrorism, convened a Battlefield Evidence Senior Leaders Seminar (SLS) in Malta. The Seminar focused on how material collected or received by...

In November 2019, the IIJ delivered two further skills-based training modules under Phase 2 of its bespoke Cameroon Multi-agency ‘Intelligence-led, Evidence-driven’ Counter-Terrorism Investigation Capacity-Building project to senior representatives of intelligence, law enforcement, prosecutors and judges in...

In November 2019, the IIJ welcomed 36 policymakers, academics, and practitioners to a Scoping Workshop on Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE) in Valletta, Malta. The workshop, convened under the auspices of the IIJ REMVE Initiative,...

In October 2019, the IIJ convened in Malta a Sectoral Workshop for Judges under the IIJ Juvenile Justice Initiative – one of eight IIJ Core Initiatives. The Sectoral Workshop gathered 60 judges, investigators, prosecutors, defence counsels, correctional officers and other...

In October 2019, the IIJ – in partnership with the European Union’s CT MENA Project – convened a Specialised International Seminar on Judicial Management Post-Terrorist Attack. The Seminar, held in Abidjan with the support of the...

In September 2019, the IIJ convened a workshop on National Policy and Interagency Cooperation in Bamako, Mali. The workshop brought together judges, prosecutors, investigators, correction officers, gendarmerie, social workers and religious leaders from various organisations in...

In September 2019, the IIJ convened in Malta its first iteration of a new IIJ Core Course: Successful Prosecution of Terrorism Cases. The course was attended by 71 judges, prosecutors, investigators, defence counsel and experts from 19...