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Accountability and effective remedies

  • State secrets privilege
  • International Criminal Court jurisdiction
  • Oversight and accountability mechanisms [see also intelligence agencies]

A/HRC/34/61 (paras. 21-24); A/HRC/16/51 (paras. 22-23); A/HRC/55/48 (paras. 59-61)

Amicus brief

Amicus brief

Statement

Administrative measures

  • Assigned residence
  • Citizenship revocation

A/HRC/55/48 (paras. 46-50)

Amicus brief

Position Paper; Amicus brief; Amicus brief

Armed drones / remotely piloted aircraftA/HRC/25/59; A/HRC/34/61 (paras. 25-29); A/68/389; Position Paper; Statement
Capacity-building and technical assistanceA/76/261

Civil society and civic space

  • Global Study 2023

A/70/371; A/HRC/40/52; Summary Brief; Statement; Statement

A/78/520; Thematic webpage

Children [see also Detention / repatriation in Syria]Position Paper
Conceptual framework of the mandateA/60/370 (paras. 5-10)
Conditions conducive to terrorismE/CN.4/2006/98 (paras. 64-66, 74); A/66/310 (paras. 29-31)
Consistency with human rights, humanitarian law and refugee lawA/HRC/16/51 (paras. 12-16)

Countering terrorist financing [see also Civil Society and Civic Space]

  • Crowdfunding, Virtual Assets and New Payment Technologies

Position Paper

Position Paper

Criminal justice

  • Arrest and interrogation
  • Fair trial
  • “Battlefield” / military evidence

A/HRC/16/51 (paras. 36-38)

A/63/223 (paras. 7-45)

Position Paper

Critical infrastructure and vulnerable targetsStatement
Definition of terrorismE/CN.4/2006/98 (paras. 26-50, 72); A/HRC/16/51(paras. 26-28); Amicus brief (paras. 7-19); Statement

Detention / Repatriation in the north-east of the Syrian Arab Republic

  • Violations in detention
  • Human rights of adolescents/juveniles
  • Extra-territorial jurisdiction over children and their guardians
  • Death penalty
  • Repatriation
  • Citizenship revocation

Thematic webpage; Statement; Statement

A/78/520 (paras. 49-64)

Position Paper

Legal Analysis

Remarks

Amicus brief; Statement

Position Paper; Amicus brief; Amicus brief

Economic, social and cultural rightsA/HRC/6/17 (paras. 10-74)
Freedom of association and peaceful assemblyA/61/267 (paras. 9-41 and 47-54)

Freedom of expression

  • Incitement to terrorism
  • Online terrorist content
  • Facebook Standard on Dangerous Individuals and Organizations

A/HRC/16/51 (paras. 29-32)

OTH 71/2018 (Communication to the EU); Statement

OTH 46/2018 (Communication to Facebook); Input to Facebook Oversight Board

Foreign terrorist fighters

  • Citizenship revocation
  • Human rights-compliant investigations

A/73/361 (paras. 24-32); Watchlisting Principles

Position Paper; Amicus brief; Amicus brief

Statement

Gender perspective

  • Rights of women, girls and the family

A/64/211 (paras. 18-54); Statement; Statement

A/HRC/46/36

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – United States detention facilityTechnical visit

Intelligence agencies and oversight

  • Intelligence gathering

A/HRC/10/3 (paras. 25-78); A/HRC/13/37; A/HRC/14/46

Amicus brief

International humanitarian law nexus

  • Arms transfers
  • [see also Guantanamo Bay]

A/75/337; Statement

Statement

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – International ResponseA/HRC/34/61 (paras. 37-42)

New technologies

  • Mass digital surveillance
  • Biometric Data
  • Terrorist Travel and the goTravel Software Solution
  • Spyware
  • Cybercrime Convention 2024

A/HRC/52/39; Statement; Statement

A/HRC/34/61 (paras. 30-36); A/69/397

Report

Position Paper; Statement; Statement

Position Paper; Statement

Human Rights Assessment

Non-state actors

  • Negative effects of terrorism on human rights

E/CN.4/2006/98 (paras. 67-71, 74); A/HRC/55/48 (paras. 51-55)

Comment to Advisory Committee

Normal operation and regular review of counter-terrorism lawA/HRC/16/51 (paras. 17-21)
Peacemaking, peacebuilding, sustaining peace, conflict prevention and resolutionA/77/345
Privacy [see also New technologies; Profiling]A/HRC/13/37 (paras. 11-74)
Preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE)A/HRC/31/65; A/HRC/43/46

Profiling

  • Terrorist Watchlisting

A/HRC/4/26 (paras. 32-62, 83-89)

Draft Human Rights Principles

Public emergencies

  • COVID-19

A/HRC/37/52; Amicus brief

Position Paper; Freedom Tracker; Summary

Refugees and migrants

  • Secret evidence and fair hearing
  • Non-refoulement 

A/62/263 (paras. 30-85); A/71/384

Amicus brief

Amicus brief

Regional organizationsA/76/261 (paras. 26-36); A/HRC/55/48 (paras. 38-45); Statement

Sanctions

  • Listing of terrorist entities
  • Al-Qaida and Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant sanctions regime
  • Office of the Ombudsperson

A/HRC/16/51 (paras. 33-35); Amicus brief (paras. 20-26)

A/HRC/29/51; A/HRC/34/61 (paras. 17-20); A/73/361 (paras. 19-21); Position Paper

A/67/396

Secret detention (Joint Study of Global Practices)A/HRC/13/42; A/HRC/49/45
Soft lawA/74/335; Briefing Paper; Summary Brief
Suicide attacks (including “shoot to kill”)A/HRC/4/26 (paras. 63-82, 90-97)
Ten areas of best practice in countering terrorismA/HRC/16/51 (paras. 8-39)
Transnational organized crime nexusInput to Secretary-General

United Nations and counter-terrorism

  • Compliance with human rights
  • Security Council resolutions
  • Reform of UN institutions
  • UN Global Counter-terrorism Strategy
  • [see also Sanctions]

A/65/258 (paras. 17-80); Statement

A/73/361

A/HRC/34/61 (paras. 43-67); Statement

Thematic webpage; Input to Secretary-General; Input to UNOCT

Victims of terrorismE/CN.4/2006/98 (paras. 64-66, 74); A/66/310 (paras. 20-28); A/HRC/16/51 (paras. 24-25); A/HRC/20/14 (Framework Principles); A/HRC/34/61 (paras. 13-16); Statement; Statement
Xenophobia, racism, intolerance, and religion or beliefInput to UNOCT