Thomas Wuchte joins Malta-based International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law as new Executive Secretary
Mr Thomas A. Wuchte joins the Malta-based International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ) as new Executive Secretary succeeding Mr. Robert Strang. The IIJ is an internationally recognized hub for rule of law based training and capacity build..
IIJ presents the Global Central Authorities Initiative at UNSC CTC Technical Consultations and Special Meeting on Resolution 2322
On 20-21 June, the IIJ briefed the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the IIJ’s Global Central Authorities Initiative (GCAI), which involves a series of four capacity-building workshops in the Sahel-Maghreb, South..
IIJ Addresses the EU’s Terrorism Working Party
At the invitation of the Government of Malta, the IIJ addressed the EU’s Terrorism Working Party on the IIJ’s efforts to address prison radicalization in Brussels, Belgium on 14 June. IIJ Corrections Program Manager Monique Kamies provided a c..
COTER Meeting
IIJ Director Reinhard Uhrig addressed the EU Council working party on terrorism (COTER) presenting on the IIJ’s work with criminal justice practitioners and in the IIJ initiative on FTF/RFTF on the 09/06/2017 in Brussels. The IIJ had been invited by..
CODEXTER 32nd Plenary Meeting
The CODEXTER is the Council of Europe’s primary CT policymaking body. During their annual meeting held from 23-24 May 2017 in Strasbourg, France, organized by the Secretariat of the Counter-Terrorism Division, CODEXTER members discussed the terms of r..
OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference
From 23 to 24 May the IIJ participated in the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference 2017: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism and presented on its efforts on reintegration and rehabilitation of RFTF. More..
IIJ presented its Returning FTF Initiative at GCTF FTF Working Group Plenary Meeting
The Hague, 18 May 2017 – The IIJ took part in the Plenary Meeting of the FTF Working Group of the GCTF chaired by the Netherlands and Morocco. The IIJ shared an update on the development and expansion of its work to assist countries’ efforts t..
IIJ presented its Initiative for Parliamentarians in Counter Terrorism at the EU Inter-Parliamentary Conference
On 27 April the IIJ presented its Initiative for parliamentarians from Middle East and Africa countries in the in the context of the EU Inter-Parliamentary Conference on EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy held in ..
Symposium on Efforts to Address Prison Radicalization in the Balkans
On 25 and 26 April, the IIJ’s Correction Program Manager participated in a Symposium organized by the United States entitled ‘Efforts to Address Prison Radicalisation in the Balkans’ in Zagreb, Croatia. The Symposium brought together prison official..
GCTF’s Horn of Africa Capacity Building Working Group’s Sixth Plenary Meeting
The IIJ contributed to the GCTF’s Horn of Africa (HOA) Capacity Building Working Group’s Sixth Plenary Meeting convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 6 April 2017. The meeting, co-chaired by Turkey and the European Union, brought together representativ..