Americas | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism

Projects

Ongoing Projects

NATO Guidebook on Inter-Agency and International Cooperation In Counter-Terrorism

Completed Projects

Reintegrating Returnee Spouses and Children

Transnational Linkages Reichburger Movement

Completed Projects

Anti-Government Threats and their Transnational Connections

Completed Projects

Rule of Law-Based Use of Administrative Measures in a Counter-Terrorism Context

Completed Projects

Developing Guidance on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

Critical Perspectives on Salafism in the Netherlands

Completed Projects

Transatlantic Fellowship Programme

Completed Projects

Assessing 20 Years of Counterterrorism

Completed Projects

Threat Assessments

Completed Projects

Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism

Completed Projects

Developing the Glion Recommendations on the Use of Administrative Measures

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Completed Projects

Developing UN Guidelines on Evidence Collected by the Military

Completed Projects

Developing the Abuja Recommendations

Completed Projects

Development of the Addendum of the Hague-Marrakech Memorandum

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Completed Projects

Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communications

Completed Projects

Boundaries of the Battlefield

Completed Projects

Developing the GCTF Rome Memorandum on Rehabilitation & Reintegration of VEOs

Completed Projects

Future Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Trends

Completed Projects

Terrorists on Trial

Events

Aug

Training

2026 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

24 Aug, 2026 - 28 Aug, 2026

Dec

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2025 15/15 Vision: Looking Back, Moving Forward

04 Dec, 2025

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Aug

Training

2025 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

25 Aug, 2025 - 29 Aug, 2025

Oct

Event

ICCT Live Webinar: The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges

29 Oct, 2024

Aug

Training

2024 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

26 Aug, 2024 - 30 Aug, 2024

"God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America

Apr

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America

30 Apr, 2024

May

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Administrative Measures, Human Rights, and Democracy in Turbulent Times

09 May, 2024

Mar

Event

Expert Seminar on Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (P/CVERLT)

14 Mar, 2024

May

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2024 "Houston, we have a problem": Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Uncertainty

28 May, 2024 - 29 May, 2024

Oct

Event

Hedayah Eight Annual International Countering Violent Extremism Research Conference

11 Oct, 2023 - 13 Oct, 2023

Sep

Event

Victims of terrorism and their right to access justice: Challenges and solutions

26 Sep, 2023

Jun

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2023 - Hybrid Extremism: Causes and Responses to Anti-Institutional and Far-Right Extremisms

28 Jun, 2023 - 29 Jun, 2023

Aug

Sep

Training

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

28 Aug, 2023 - 01 Sep, 2023

Aug

Training

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

21 Aug, 2023 - 23 Aug, 2023

Apr

Event

ICCT Live Webinar: Assessing the State of Terrorism Studies

04 Apr, 2023

Nov

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Masculinity and Violent Extremism

23 Nov, 2022

Nov

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2022 - Global Power Politics, Counter-Terrorism, And Human Rights

07 Nov, 2022 - 08 Nov, 2022

Oct

Event

ICCT and Egmont Institute Live Briefing: Spreading Hate – The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism

2022 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the rule of law

29 Aug, 2022 - 02 Sep, 2022

Aug

Training

2022 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

15 Aug, 2022 - 17 Aug, 2022

the practive and problems of transnational counter-terrorism

Jul

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Accountability in Transnational Counter-Terrorism

11 Jul, 2022

May

Event

ICCT and C-REX Live Webinar: The Far Right in Central America

11 May, 2022

Dec

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2021 - Trends in Radicalisation to Violence: Key Policy Priorities and Knowledge Gaps

08 Dec, 2021 - 09 Dec, 2021

Nov

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: Impact of Covid on Violent Non-State Actors

2021 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

30 Aug, 2021 - 03 Sep, 2021

Sep

Event

A Woman’s Place: Reflections on Women in Counter-Terrorism since 9/11

09 Sep, 2021

Sep

Event

Ten Year Anniversary of the 2011 Norway Attacks: Reflections on the Past and Contemporary Right-Wing Extremism Landscape Recording

07 Sep, 2021

Aug

Training

2021 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

16 Aug, 2021 - 18 Aug, 2021

Jun

Event

Part V of the Handbook: Preparedness and Consequence Management

Summer Programmes 2021

30 Aug, 2021 - 03 Sep, 2021

May

Event

Part IV of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness: Prevention of, and Preparedness for, Terrorist Attacks

11 May, 2021 - 18 May, 2021

Mar

Event

Part III of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

11 Mar, 2021

Feb

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: How Terror Evolves

25 Feb, 2021

Jan

Event

Part II of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

28 Jan, 2021

Dec

Event

ICCT-RESOLVE Network Live Briefing Recording: Back To The Future: The Historical Roots Of Far-Right Violence

01 Dec, 2020

Nov

Event

Presentation of Handbook on Countering Terrorism

24 Nov, 2020

Nov

Event

10 Years of ICCT: What's Next?

18 Nov, 2020

Oct

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: A Thin Line - Freedom of Expression vis-à-vis (Extremist) Hate Speech

29 Oct, 2020

Aug

Training

2020 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

24 Aug, 2020 - 28 Aug, 2020

Aug

Training

2020 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Terrorism

24 Aug, 2020 - 28 Aug, 2020

Jun

Event

ICCT Live Briefing: After the Attack: Crisis Communication Strategy and the Role of the Media - 25 June

25 Jun, 2020

Oct

Event

SCL Lecture: Book Launch 'Defining International Terrorism - Between State Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism'

14 Oct, 2019

Oct

Event

The ISIS Files Project – Public Event

10 Oct, 2019

Aug

Training

2019 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

26 Aug, 2019 - 30 Aug, 2019

Aug

Training

2019 Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to the Violent Extremist Threat

19 Aug, 2019 - 23 Aug, 2019

Jun

Event

ICCT Lecture: The Evolution of al-Qaeda Over Three Decades: Lessons Learned for the Future

12 Jun, 2019

May

Event

ICCT Annual Conference 2019: Lessons from the Past, Dilemmas of the Present and Challenges for the Future: What is an 'effective' CT strategy

16 May, 2019 - 17 May, 2019

Aug

Event

High Level Panel: The Use of International Terrorist Watch Lists

31 Aug, 2018

Aug

Training

2018 Advanced Summer Programmes

20 Aug, 2018 - 24 Aug, 2018

Sep

Event

Bringing Terrorists to Justice in a (Post-)Conflict Landscape: Narrowing the Impunity Gap

19 Sep, 2017

Nov

Event

STR 2016: Addressing Key Societal Challenges

07 Nov, 2016 - 08 Nov, 2016

Nov

Event

Clingendael: Expert Meeting with Nicolas de Rivière

13 Nov, 2015

Oct

Event

High Level Panel Discussion on Accountability in the War on Terror

22 Oct, 2015

Aug

Event

High Level Panel: The Dilemmas Involved in Countering Terrorism through the Internet. What's at Stake?

28 Aug, 2015

Aug

Training

2015 Summer Programme on Countering Terrorism

24 Aug, 2015 - 28 Aug, 2015

Aug

Event

The Use of Military Evidence in Counter-Terrorism

29 Aug, 2014

Aug

Training

Countering Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World: Legal Challenges & Dilemmas

25 Aug, 2014 - 29 Aug, 2014

Jun

Event

Panel on Reintegrating Terrorist Offenders, Side Event to UN CT Strategy Review

10 Jun, 2014

Aug

Training

Summer Programme: Countering Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World

26 Aug, 2013 - 30 Aug, 2013

Dec

Event

Trying Terrorists: Military Tribunals or Civilian Courts?

03 Dec, 2012

Sep

Event

Manhunt by Peter Bergen

10 Sep, 2012

Aug

Training

Summer Programme: 'Countering Terrorism in the Post 9/11 World'

27 Aug, 2012 - 31 Aug, 2012

Feb

Training

Pre-conference Meeting on Fear and Polarisation

28 Feb, 2012

Feb

Event

Seminar War & Law Paradigm

23 Feb, 2012

Feb

Event

Roundtable: Communicating Fear

21 Feb, 2012

Terrorists on Trial: The Case of the "20th Hijacker" January 25, 2012

Jan

Event

Terrorists on Trial: The Case of the '20th Hijacker'

25 Jan, 2012

Nov

Event

Ethical Issues in Counter-Terrorism - Seminar & Book Launch

03 Nov, 2011

Oct

Event

Civil Society's Role in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

20 Oct, 2011 - 22 Oct, 2011

Sep

Event

Book Launch: "International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism"

27 Sep, 2011

Sep

Event

Seminar on Counter-Terrorism & Civil Society

08 Sep, 2011

Aug

Training

CT Summer Programme

22 Aug, 2011 - 26 Aug, 2011

May

Event

Preventing Terrorism: The US and the AfPak Region after bin Laden

30 May, 2011

May

Event

Lecture & Panel Debate: Preventing Impunity: Terrorists on Trial

26 May, 2011

Mar

Training

Terrorism Trials as Theatre

30 Mar, 2011

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Mar

Training

Extradition & Assurances

22 Mar, 2011

Mar

Event

Negotiating with Terrorists

10 Mar, 2011 - 23 Mar, 2011

Dec

Event

International Launch Conference

12 Dec, 2010 - 13 Dec, 2010

Dec

Event

Where Are We Going?: CT and Human Rights

07 Dec, 2010

Nov

Training

Expert Meeting: Lone Wolves

05 Nov, 2010

Sep

Event

Panel on the Role of Civil Society in Counter-Terrorism

07 Sep, 2010 - 09 Sep, 2010

May

Event

Official Opening ICCT

31 May, 2010

Multimedia

In the media

July 17, 2026

In the Media: Thomas Renard on US on the US Summit of teh Resurgence of Left-Wing Terrorism

In the media

July 13, 2026

In the Media: Thomas Renard on Alleged Iranian Threats Against Trump

In the media

July 09, 2026

In the Media: Thomas Renard and Colin P. Clarke on 'Fast-Food Terrorism'

In the media

May 22, 2026

In the Media: Julian Lanchès on Possible Future Attacks in the West by Pro-Iranian Militias

In the media

May 21, 2026

In the Media: Adrian Shtuni on How Extremist Attackers Use Digital Media to Maximise the Impact of Violence Beyond the Immediate Attack Itself

In the media

September 08, 2025

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Russia and the Far-Right: Insights From Ten European Countries

In the media

August 28, 2025

In the Media: Bibi van Ginkel on the issues plaguing the global counter-terrorism sector

Press release

June 17, 2025

ICCT Releases its Annual Report 2024

In the media

June 10, 2025

In the Media: Bibi van Ginkel on the increasingly complex and hybrid nature of extremist threats

In the media

May 04, 2025

In the media: Thomas Renard on the growing number of minors involved in terrorism

Press release

April 25, 2025

ICCT Celebrates 15 years of Impactful Work in Counter-Terrorism

In the media

March 28, 2025

In the media: Tanya Mehra on the ISIS threat in a changing world order

Press release

February 27, 2025

ICCT Director Appointed as Chair of the European Union Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation Research Committee

In the media

February 16, 2025

In the media: Eviane Leidig on the risk of radicalisation for incels

In the media

January 26, 2025

In the media: Tanya Mehra on Antisemitism and Islamophobia in the Netherlands

Press release

January 23, 2025

European Commission appoints ICCT Director to the Research Committee of the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation and Extremism

In the media

January 16, 2025

In the media: Bibi van Ginkel on ISKP new targets in Europe and the US

In the media

January 07, 2025

In the media: Bibi van Ginkel on the Yemeni prisoners transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Oman

In the media

January 07, 2025

In the media: Eviane Leidig explores how 'momfluencers' are pushing hate messages alongside with wholesome content

In the media

January 04, 2025

In the media: Antoine Baudon on the ISIS attack in New Orleans

Press release

November 18, 2024

ICCT Hosted Blue Sky AI Workshop

In the media

November 14, 2024

In the media: Anne Craanen on solutions to the wave of hypermasculinity that aided the Trump election

In the media

September 13, 2024

In the Media: Alex P. Schmid on Defining Terrorism

In the media

August 24, 2024

In the Media: Tricia Bacon about the nature of Al-Qaeda affliation

In the media

August 22, 2024

In the media: Bibi van Ginkel on the murder of James Foley by ISIS

Press release

August 19, 2024

Europol appoints ICCT Director to the steering committee of the ECTC Advisory Network

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In the media

August 08, 2024

In the media: Menso Hartgers about gaming and the Far Right

In the media

July 25, 2024

In the Media: Arie Perliger about Trump's Assassination Attempt

Press release

July 15, 2024

ICCT Releases its Annual Report 2023

In the media

June 16, 2024

In the media: Kacper Rekawek on the possibility of an alliance of the far left with the far right against Israel

In the media

May 03, 2024

In the media: Tanya Mehra on the recent RCMP arrests of alleged Hitmen accused of Killing B.C. Sikh leader

In the media

April 22, 2024

In the media: Lynn Schneider on Children of Violent Extremists

Press release

November 02, 2023

Now Live: The Interlinkages Database

In the media

October 20, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the use of AI by terrorist

In the media

May 15, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Thomas Renard on the Future of Countering Extremism

In the media

May 11, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra on Britain's Designation of the Wagner Group

In the media

March 07, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Bàrbara Molas on Multiculturalism and Far-Right Extremism

Press release

January 31, 2023

Now Live: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

In the media

January 30, 2023

ICCT in the Media: Bàrbara Molas on International Right-Wing Extremism

Press release

November 09, 2022

ICCT Annual Conference 2022 - Global power politics, Counter-terrorism, and Human rights

In the media

June 08, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Teun van Dongen on Dealing With the Threats of Radicalisation and Terrorism

In the media

May 10, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Eviane Leidig on Anti-Feminism and Misogyny Within the Far-Right and Manosphere

In the media

April 07, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Julie Coleman on ISIS fighters in prison in Northeast Syria

In the media

February 09, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Eviane Leidig on the Role of Women in Right-wing Extremism

In the media

February 03, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Joana Cook on the Challenges that the Children of FTF's Face

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ICCT: Meet Teun van Dongen

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In the media

January 10, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Teun van Dongen on Twitter's new privacy measures

In the media

September 27, 2021

ICCT in the Media: 20 years after 9/11

In the media

May 16, 2021

ICCT in the Media: Joana Cook reflects on the latest news

Press release

November 18, 2020

Celebrating 10 Years of ICCT

In the media

August 20, 2020

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra Interviewed by BIRN

In the media

June 11, 2020

Featured Perspective: Analysing personal accounts of perpetrators of incel violence

Press release

May 16, 2019

ICCT Annual Conference 2019: Lessons from the Past, Dilemmas of the Present and Challenges for the Future: What is an 'effective' CT strategy

In the media

March 18, 2019

Research Fellow Christophe Paulussen and Rumyana van Ark on dealing with foreign terrorist fighters (French)

In the media

May 22, 2018

Fellow Colin P. Clarke in The Globe and Mail: 'The Continuing Plague of Vehicle Attacks'

In the media

February 08, 2018

Topics

The Populist Paradox: Anti-Government Extremism in the Age of Trump

The New US Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Selective Amnesia

War Against Technology: An Analysis of Recent Developments in Anti-Technology Violence

The New US Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Selective Amnesia

War Against Technology: An Analysis of Recent Developments in Anti-Technology Violence

Engineering the Virtual Caliphate: Islamic State’s Exploitation of Gen-Z Culture

Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism? An Assessment

Blurred Boundaries: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Limits in Detecting and Moderating Terrorist, Illegal and Implicit Extremist Content Online while Respecting Freedom of Expression

Nederlandse managementsamenvatting - Schimmige scheidslijnen: Juridische, ethische, en praktische uitdagingen bij het detecteren en modereren van terroristische, extremistische en impliciete extremistische content, met respect voor de vrijheid van menings

Projects

VISTA

Security Coordination and Programme Enhancement (SCOPE)

GLOCTER Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network

GNET

Intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Terrorism

Summer Programmes

Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

Database on Interlinkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

NATO Guidebook on Inter-Agency and International Cooperation In Counter-Terrorism

Reintegrating Returnee Spouses and Children

Anti-Government Threats and their Transnational Connections

Rule of Law-Based Use of Administrative Measures in a Counter-Terrorism Context

Developing Guidance on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes

Transatlantic Fellowship Programme

Assessing 20 Years of Counterterrorism

Threat Assessments

Mitigating the Impact of Media Reporting of Terrorism

Developing the Glion Recommendations on the Use of Administrative Measures

Developing UN Guidelines on Evidence Collected by the Military

Developing the Abuja Recommendations

Development of the Addendum of the Hague-Marrakech Memorandum

Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communications

Boundaries of the Battlefield

Developing the GCTF Rome Memorandum on Rehabilitation & Reintegration of VEOs

Future Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Trends

Terrorists on Trial

Events

2026 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

ICCT Annual Conference 2025 15/15 Vision: Looking Back, Moving Forward

2025 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

ICCT Live Webinar: The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges

2024 Advanced Counter-Terrorism Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

ICCT Live Briefing: God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America

ICCT Live Briefing: Administrative Measures, Human Rights, and Democracy in Turbulent Times

Expert Seminar on Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (P/CVERLT)

ICCT Annual Conference 2024 "Houston, we have a problem": Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Uncertainty

Hedayah Eight Annual International Countering Violent Extremism Research Conference

Victims of terrorism and their right to access justice: Challenges and solutions

ICCT Annual Conference 2023 - Hybrid Extremism: Causes and Responses to Anti-Institutional and Far-Right Extremisms

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

2023 Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

ICCT Live Webinar: Assessing the State of Terrorism Studies

ICCT Live Briefing: Masculinity and Violent Extremism

ICCT Annual Conference 2022 - Global Power Politics, Counter-Terrorism, And Human Rights

ICCT and Egmont Institute Live Briefing: Spreading Hate – The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism

2022 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the rule of law

2022 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

ICCT Live Briefing: Accountability in Transnational Counter-Terrorism

ICCT and C-REX Live Webinar: The Far Right in Central America

ICCT Annual Conference 2021 - Trends in Radicalisation to Violence: Key Policy Priorities and Knowledge Gaps

ICCT Live Briefing: Impact of Covid on Violent Non-State Actors

2021 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

A Woman’s Place: Reflections on Women in Counter-Terrorism since 9/11

Ten Year Anniversary of the 2011 Norway Attacks: Reflections on the Past and Contemporary Right-Wing Extremism Landscape Recording

2021 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism

Part V of the Handbook: Preparedness and Consequence Management

Summer Programmes 2021

Part IV of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness: Prevention of, and Preparedness for, Terrorist Attacks

Part III of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

ICCT Live Briefing: How Terror Evolves

Part II of the Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness

ICCT-RESOLVE Network Live Briefing Recording: Back To The Future: The Historical Roots Of Far-Right Violence

Presentation of Handbook on Countering Terrorism

10 Years of ICCT: What's Next?

ICCT Live Briefing: A Thin Line - Freedom of Expression vis-à-vis (Extremist) Hate Speech

2020 Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

2020 Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Terrorism

ICCT Live Briefing: After the Attack: Crisis Communication Strategy and the Role of the Media - 25 June

SCL Lecture: Book Launch 'Defining International Terrorism - Between State Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism'