Anti-Terror Instruments – Regional

• Africa
  • African Union (AU)
  • Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)
  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Americas
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
• Arab and Islamic Countries
  • Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
  • League of Arab States
  • Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Asia
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
• Europe
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • Council of Europe (CoE)
  • European Union (EU)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
  • Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)

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Africa

African Union (AU) [Successor to the Organization of African Unity (OAU)]     Office of the Legal Counsel
    Special Representative for Counter-Terrorism

• • African Union Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism – 1999
  • AU Plan of Action on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism – 2002
  • Protocol to the African Union Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism – 2004

Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) [background][Facebook]

• • Convention on the Fight against Terrorism in Central Africa – 2004

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

• • Political Declaration and Common Position Against Terrorism – 2013

Americas

Organization of American States (OAS)     Secretariat for Legal Affairs

• • Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism – 1971
  • Inter-American Convention against Terrorism – 2002

Arab  and Islamic Countries

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

• • Convention of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf on Combating Terrorism – 2004:  English [at UN iLibrary]

League of Arab States

• • Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism – 1998
  • Amendment to the Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism – 2008
  • Arab Convention on Combating Money-laundering and the Financing of Terrorism – 2010:  Arabic   English [at UN iLibrary]

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

• • Convention of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Combating International Terrorism – 1999

Asia

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

• • ASEAN Convention on Counter-Terrorism – 2007

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

• • The Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism – 2001
  • Convention of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Against Terrorism – 2009

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

• • SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism – 1987
  • Additional Protocol to the SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism – 2004

Europe

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)     About the CIS

• • Treaty on Cooperation among the States Members of the Commonwealth of  Independent States in Combating Terrorism – 1999
  • Protocol approving Regulations on the Procedure for Organizing and Conducting Joint Counter-terrorism Activities in the Territories of States Members of the Commonwealth of  Independent States – 2002
  • Treaty of States of States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Combating the Legalization of the Proceeds of Crime (Money-laundering) and the Financing of Terrorism – 2007

Council of Europe (CoE)     Counter-Terrorism Web Page
     Committee on Counter-Terrorism
     MONEYVAL

• • European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism – 1977
  • Protocol amending the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism – 2003
  • Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism – 2005
  • Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism – 2005
  • Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism – 2015

European Union (EU)     Fight Against Terrorism
     Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
     EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy – 2018 Summary
     EU Terrorist List
     Money laundering and terrorist financing

• • Article 83 – Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 – Anti-terror measures directed against individuals and entities
  • EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy – 2005
  • Directive (EU) 2016/681 – Use of Passenger Name Record data
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/794 – Sets up rules for Europol

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)     Countering Terrorism

• • Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism – 2002
  • Policy Guidelines on Counter-Terrorism – 2012
  • Defense Against Terrorism Program – 2014
  • Military Committee Concept for Counter-Terrorism – 2015 

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)     Countering Terrorism
     ODIHR: Countering Terrorism
     OSCE-ODIHR: Legislation     Countering Terror within a Human Rights Context – Manuals and Reports:

• • Guidelines for Addressing Terrorism
  • Countering Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights
  • Human Rights In Counter-Terrorism Investigations
  • Women and Terrorist Radicalization
  • Youth Engagement to Counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization

Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)     Working Group on Cooperation in Combating Crime

• • Additional Protocol on Combating Terrorism to the Agreement Among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating State on Cccoperation in Combating Crime, In Particular in Its Organized Forms – 2004