It was a great honour to receive a copy of Seamus Heaney’s poem, presented in 10 languages including bil-Malti, from Ambassador Caroline Whelan of 🇮🇪 to 🇲🇹 Irish Embassy Malta. This poem was commissioned to mark the 20th anniv. of the accession of 🇨🇾🇨🇿🇪🇪🇭🇺🇱🇻🇱🇹🇲🇨🇲🇹🇸🇰🇸🇮 to 🇪🇺

Today, our ES Steven Hill attended the “20 years of EU Membership” Conference celebrating Malta’s 20th anniversary of adhesion to the EU 🇲🇹 University of Malta. Awguri 20 sena fl-UE.

The IIJ team held a meeting with Brigadier General Allah J. Kouame and Mr. Lionel Barfety at the AILCT premises in 🇨🇮, exploring synergies and promising avenues for collaboration. Heartfelt gratitude to AILCT for graciously hosting us and our esteemed participants!

In Abidjan, our ES Steven Hill and CT PHARE team had a meeting with the Minister’s cabinet Ministère des - Affaires Etrangères - RCI 🇨🇮. We are delighted to organise initiatives in Abidjan and deeply appreciative of the facilitation provided, bringing together an exceptional group of practitioners.

Exciting news from Abidjan! Our ES had a productive meeting with HE the Ambassador of 🇪🇺 to 🇨🇮Francesca Di Mauro, engaging discussions on the IIJ’s pivotal work. Gratitude to the EU for their steadfast support and funding of the CT PHARE and all its workshops.

The IIJ team and ES Steven Hill met with the Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard of 🇫🇷 to 🇨🇮, France en Côte d'Ivoire, in Abidjan. They briefed on our work with criminal justice practitioners in 🇨🇮 and across West Africa. Thanks to 🇫🇷 for the support!

Thank you to all the esteemed participants for taking part in the CT PHARE Capacity Building Activity funded by 🇪🇺centred on the application of Human Rights-Based Decision-Making Model (DMM) focused on East & West Africa. 3/3

In case you missed it: Strong Cities #MENARegionalHub with The IIJ held its second regional workshop for #mayors & local leaders across the region to strengthen their roles in preventing hate, extremism & polarisation.

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On 16 & 17 April, great strides were made at the 2nd #BorderSecurity & Management ( #BSM ) Initiative workshop to further develop the Addendum to the 2016 GCTF Good Practices led by وزارة الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين الأردنية 🇯🇴, State Dept CT Bureau 🇺🇸, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism 🇺🇳 & supported by TMC Asser Instituut.👉thegctf.org/What-we-do/Ini…

Ambassador Kapieletien Soro, Deputy Secretary General 🇨🇮, Francesca Di Mauro, Ambassador of the 🇪🇺 in 🇨🇮, Mr. Paul Madden, lead of CT PHARE, had the pleasure of opening the Capacity Building Initiative with law enforcement from East & West Africa.

Hello from 🇨🇮! The IIJ’s CT PHARE team is conducting an immersive program focusing on the Human Rights-Based Decision-Making Model (DMM) in counter-terrorism, fostering ethical interventions across Francophone African countries.

Thank you for the chance to speak to the talented IMO-IMLI cohort! I really enjoyed the exchange about the interplay between maritime security and international law.

📢Final call! Want to be part of the GCTF family? The The IIJ , a GCTF-Inspired Institution, is hiring consultants to draft a GCTF Policy Toolkit on the #protection of #witnesses and #criminaljustice officials. Apply before Sunday, 14 April 2024!
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Delighted to conclude a productive Workshop on Protecting Insider Witnesses to International Crimes in partnership with CJA and with support from Ambassador Beth Van Schaack, Global Crim Justice - small group of world-leading experts working to define better approach to a major obstacle to intl justice”