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UNCCT Publications and reports

UNCCT Annual Report

For over ten years, UNCCT has been a Global Centre of Excellence, delivering capacity-building support to Member States in their implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS). Since 2022, the Centre has been guided by UNOCT’s first-ever Strategic Plan and Results Framework (SPRF 2022–2025), setting high-level strategic goals and outcomes to orient the activities of both UNCCT and the Office of Counter-Terrorism. UNCCT’s annual results-based reports present the Centre’s significant work and impact as the leading UN entity on CT capacity building, while also highlighting efforts to enhance its strategic support to Member States to ensure the balanced implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

• The annual report is available for the year of: [2022][2021][2020][2019][2018]
• Annual report summary[2023][2022]

On March 3-4, 2022, a high-level international conference on the topic: “Regional cooperation of Central Asian countries within the framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, was held in Tashkent. It was jointly co-organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of Uzbekistan (ISRS), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Conference outcomes included the adoption of a renewed JPoA and the “Tashkent Declaration” by Central Asian States, reflecting the strong political will and commitment of these countries to continue implementing the regional strategy over the next decade. This report is available in: EN
As a step towards better understanding and addressing the nexus between gaming and violent extremism, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism/United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNOCT/UNCCT) convened a high-level event to launch its research report titled ‘ Examining the Intersection between Gaming and Violent Extremism’, which showcases inputs from experts, practitioners and from over 600 survey responses from gamers. The report sets out how gaming and extremism intersect, including addressing the issue of exploitation of gaming spaces by terrorists and violent extremists and potential vulnerabilities to radicalisation among gaming communities. The report also sets out the prosocial benefits of gaming, and the potential for the use of gaming to prevent and/or counter violent extremism (PCVE). This report is available in: EN Executive Summary in: EN
This Crisis Communications Toolkit for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) was developed under the UNCCT Global Programme for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, to strengthen the capacity of member states and civil society to develop strong crisis communications related to terrorist incidents. The Toolkit includes theoretical crisis communication approaches, evidence-based principles, frameworks, best practices, templates and tools that can be easily adapted and quickly activated. The content is based on the UNCCT Preventing Violent Extremism through the Strategic Communication Crisis Communication capacity-building training module. Further technical support can be provided to member states and civil society to tailor this Toolkit and integrate it into their existing crisis response systems. This report is available in: EN
These technical guidelines are a first in its kind document to facilitate the implementation of Security Council resolution 2370 (2017) on preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons. They are developed by CTED, UNCCT, UNIDIR and the members of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact Working Group on Border Management and Law Enforcement relating to Counter-Terrorism as a result of a joint project. This publication is available in: EN - FR

UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

The UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the on 8 September 2006. The strategy is a unique global instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts to counter terrorism. The General Assembly reviews the Strategy every two years, making it a living document attuned to Member States’ counter-terrorism priorities.

UNOCT Multi-Year Appeal

In this first consolidated UNOCT Multi-Year Appeal for 2019-2020PDF, you will find 60 global, regional and national projects from 10 UN submitting entities across the four pillars of the UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy.

Monthly Review

Interested in what we achieved? The Monthly Review is UN Office of Counter-Terrorism monthly newsletter. In our Review you will find all the highlights of UNOCT and UNCCT. Get the latest on counter terrorism activities, Member States consultations, capacity-building assistance & more.

DatePublication name
2025View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q3 July-September 2025
2025View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1-Q2 January-June 2025PDF
2024View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q3 July-September 2024PDF
2024View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q2 April-June 2024PDF
2024View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1 January-March 2024PDF
2023View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q2 April-June 2023PDF
2023View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1 January-March 2023PDF
2022View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q3 July-September 2022PDF
2022View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q2 April-June 2022PDF
2022View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1 January-March 2022PDF
February 2022View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q3 July-September 2021PDF
December 2021View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q2 April-June 2021PDF
August 2021View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1 January-March 2021PDF
December 2020View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q3 July-September 2020PDF
September 2020View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q2 April-June 2020PDF
June 2020View fileUNCCT Annual Report 2019PDF
May 2020View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1 January-March 2020PDF
October 2019View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q3 2019PDF
September 2019View fileHandbook Children affected by the foreign-fighter phenomenon: Ensuring a child rights-based approachPDF
July 2019View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q2 2019PDF
April 2019View fileUNCCT Quarterly Project Highlight Report - Q1 2019PDF
January 2019View fileUNCCT Annual Report 2018PDF
2018View fileGood Practices in the Area of Border Security and Management in the Context of Counter-terrorismPDF
August 2018View fileUNCCT Progress Report January-July 2018PDF
June 2018

View fileUnited Nations Compendium of Recommended Practices for the Responsible Use and Sharing of of Biometrics in Counter-TerrorismPDF

Available in View fileENPDF | View fileRUPDF

June 2018View fileThe Protection of Critical Infrastructure Against Terrorist Attacks: Compendium of Good PracticesPDF
2017View fileEnsuring Effective Interagency Interoperability and Coordinated Communication in Case of Chemical and/or Biological AttacksPDF
February 2016View fileReport of the UN Conference on the Human Rights of Victims of TerrorismPDF
March 2014

View fileBasic Human Rights Reference Guide: Security InfrastructurePDF

Available also in View fileFRPDF | View fileARPDF | View fileRUPDF

March 2014View fileBasic Human Rights Reference Guide: The Stopping and Searching of Persons in the Context of Countering TerrorismPDF
October 2014View fileBasic Human Rights Reference Guide: Detention in the Context of Countering TerrorismPDF
October 2014View fileBasic Human Rights Reference Guide: Conformity of National Counter-Terrorism Legislation with International Human Rights LawPDF
October 2014View fileBasic Human Rights Reference Guide: Right to a Fair Trial and Due Process in the Context of Countering TerrorismPDF
March 2014View fileSecretary-General’s Symposium on International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, 19 September 2011