assistance in identifying how radicalization and extremism may lead
to terrorism and ideas for undermining the appeal of terrorism.
• Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes: The
working group aims to identify and bring together stakeholders and
partners to discuss the abuse of the Internet for terrorist purposes and
identify possible ways to combat this abuse at a national, regional
and global level.
• Protecting Human Rights While Countering Terrorism: The
working group aims to support efforts by Member States to ensure
the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of
counter-terrorism, including through the development of practical
tools, and facilitate an exchange of information on priority human
rights concerns, as well as good practice examples on the protection
of human rights in the context of countering terrorism, drawing on
experiences at the national and regional levels.
• Strengthening the Protection of Vulnerable Targets: The
working group aims to establish appropriate mechanisms to facilitate
both the sharing of existing best practices and the development of
further best practices to protect vulnerable targets.
• Supporting and Highlighting Victims of Terrorism: The working
group aims to promote the sharing of best practices between
relevant actors in supporting victims of terrorism; lay the foundation
for a constructive dialogue between victims and Member States;
build solidarity between victims, Member States, the international
community and civil society; and galvanize broad support for counterterrorism efforts by highlighting the plight of victims.
• Tackling the Financing of Terrorism: The working group aims
to examine the various components of counter-terrorism financing
strategies and make proposals that would contribute to increasing
the effectiveness of the implementation by Member States of international standards, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Special Recommendations.
The Task Force has established relations and currently is developing
cooperation with a number of regional and subregional organizations, including: the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the
European Union (EU), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organization
for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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