of Offences in relation to Foreign Terrorist Fighters”, as
prescribed by UN Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014).
Some 30 officials from law enforcement agencies and national
security committees from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives from the United
Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and
other international experts, took part in the workshop. The
discussions focused on UN Security Council Resolution 2178
(2014) and the obligations of UN Member States to promote
legislation preventing and suppressing the recruitment,
organization, transportation, or equipment of individuals
who travel in order to perpetrate, plan, prepare or participate
in terrorist acts.
On 15 September, the Head of TNTD/ATU held a
presentation on OSCE counter-terrorism activities during
the 1st European Union Law Enforcement Leadership
Workshop for Police Chiefs in Budapest, Hungary, organized
by CEPOL. More than 30 Police Commissioners from EU
Member States’ police agencies participated in the high-level
workshop.
From 7-19 September, upon request from the State Border
Guard Service of Ukraine, TNTD/ATU organized two oneweek advanced trainings on detecting forged documents,
which took place at the Training Centre in Cherkasy,
Ukraine. A total of 42 border officers participated from
various checkpoints across Ukraine. During the training,
each participant was provided with a training manual and
an inspection kit. This was the first course in a series, which
aims to improve the skills of 100 trainees of which the ten
best performing trainees will be selected for an advanced
train-the-trainer course.
From 6-7 October, TNTD/ATU organized a national seminar
on “Strengthening Rule of Law Compliant Criminal Justice
Responses to Terrorism” in Sofia Bulgaria, in co-operation
with the Bulgarian National Institute of Justice and the Global
Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF). The event gathered about
30 representatives of national agencies involved in counterterrorism and focused on the GCTF Rabat Memorandum on
Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the
Criminal Justice Sector. Experts in the field of criminal justice
presented good counter-terrorism practices developed in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland,
the UK, and the USA, and highlighted the importance
of effective co-ordination among domestic government
agencies and international co-operation.
From 9-11 November, TNTD/ATU jointly organized a
conference with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
Terrorism Prevention Branch of UNODC (UNODC/TPB), in
consultation with UN CTED, on “Countering Radicalization
and Violent Extremism Leading to Terrorism: The Challenge
of Terrorists Acting Alone or in Small Cells”. The conference
brought together over 100 senior experts from 41 countries,
as well as INTERPOL, the United Nations Interregional
Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the EU,
CIS-ATC, SCO-RATS, the Secretariat of the Conference on
Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, and
NATO. Participants shared their perceptions of the threat
of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF), as well as the increased
risk for terrorist attacks to be perpetrated at home either
by returnees or by individuals who were prevented from
travelling to join terrorist groups abroad.
From 11-12 November, TNTD’s ATU, SPMU and CC
and the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the national
workshop on cyber/ICT security in the context of regional
and international security, countering the use of the Internet
for terrorist purposes, and cybercrime. The workshop
was designed to introduce participants to the various
ICT threats that are being addressed by the OSCE, and to
showcase effective responses in line with international good
practice. The workshop brought together some 30 national
participants, including three international experts from
Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the UK.
TNTD/ATU – Police-Related Activities 2015
ACTIVITIES ON:
General Police Development and Reform 0%
Threats posed by Criminal Activity 100%
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