Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
The Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism are pleased to invite you to the side-event on ¡°The definition of terrorist acts and international human rights law¡±.?
On 8 October 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a hybrid briefing for Member States on trends and developments in CTED¡¯s technical assistance facilitation in border management¡¯s and law enforcement¡¯s response to attacks on vulnerable targets.?
New CTED Trends Alert highlights urgent challenges as children face multiple forms of exploitation by terrorist groups.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released a new Trends Alert documenting the accelerating exploitation of children by terrorist groups worldwide, with Member States reporting increasing concern about their capacity to protect children who are subjected to multiple forms of physical and psychological harm.?
The UN Security Council¡¯s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has released its latest thematic assessment, spotlighting persistent gaps in the fight against terrorism financing (TF) in 29 Member States in Africa examined under the reporting period (2024-2025) and identifying their priority areas for technical assistance.
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New York, 15 September 2025 ¨C the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published a report on ¡°Civil society perspectives on national and regional counter-terrorism strategies¡± summarizing the findings from five virtual round-table discussions on the engagement of civil society organizations (CSO) in counter-terrorism strategies, held in February 2025.
On 3 September 2025, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held a Technical Knowledge Exchange aimed at informing Member States about current trends, issues and developments relating to terrorism and counter-terrorism in West Africa, particularly the Lake Chad basin region and the Gulf of Guinea.
On 25 and 26 August, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) organized a two-part virtual round-table series with francophone and anglophone countries in West Africa.?
CTED co-organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) on Strengthening National Capacities for Detecting and Disrupting the Use of Information and Communication Technology for Terrorist Purposes. The EGM took place in from 26 to 29 August in Nairobi, Kenya, and focused on detecting and disrupting the terrorist activities of Al-Shabaab both online and offline.
On 20 August 2025, the Security Council held a thematic debate on the ¡°Twenty first report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da¡¯esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat (S/2025/496)¡±. Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) briefed the Council together with Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Ms. Elisa de Anda Madrazo.
A new paper from the United Nations Security Council¡¯s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), titled CTED Trends Alert: The Weak Link in Border Security ¨C Maritime Borders and Use of Passenger Data, sheds light on emerging vulnerabilities in global border security.