The UN’s Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) Factsheet

Read the updated version of the Factsheet here.

The Special Rapporteur is also a member of the CTITF:

The Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, operating under the new Human Rights Council, works to identify, exchange and promote best practices on measures to counter terrorism that respect human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Special Rapporteur also addresses allegations of human rights violations in the course of countering terrorism. He conducts visits to selected individual countries and has engaged in correspondence with more than 40 countries about their law and practice. He reports regularly both to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly, including on selected thematic issues and his country visits.

In order to facilitate the dissemination of information on human rights concerns and best practice examples on the protection of human rights in the context of counter-terrorism, an online terrorism portal, “The Lift” has been created. It gathers up-to-date information on these topics at https://legalift.wordpress.com and is autonomously administered by the Special Rapporteur’s research assistant at the European University Institute.

The Lift is at the Human Rights Council until Wednesday; we’ll start posting again on Wednesday evening.