UPCOMING EVENTS
December Newsletter & Best Wishes
News item | December 23, 2011
The December edition of ICCT - The Hague’s Newsletter is now available online. It contains various updates on the Centre’s recent activities and those upcoming in the new year. On behalf of all at ICCT - The Hague, we would like to thank you for your support after another busy, successful year and wish you a festive holiday season and a prosperous 2012!
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Terrorists on Trial Seminar Series
News item | November 10, 2011
ICCT - The Hague is hosting a seminar series under the header 'Terrorists on Trial' that focuses on the performative and communicative aspects of three distinct terrorist trials. The seminars will examine three different terrorists trials: The Lockerbie case, the case of Zarema Muzhakhtoyeva and the case of Zacarias Moussaoui. Through analysing the role played by the various actors (suspected terrorists, lawyers, judiciary, victims, media, etc.) in these trials, a fresh look may be taken at their judicial, political and social impact.
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Surveillance Cameras against Terrorism: Is more accountability required?
ICCT Commentary | November 9, 2011
Since 9/11 and the London and Madrid bombings a wide variety counter-terrorism measures have been taken, including the implementation of many technical tools. Across Europe, public authorities have invested in visual surveillance such as Closed-Circuit Television (‘CCTV’) cameras as well as recognition technologies. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the average person is caught on CCTV 300 times each day and at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands there are 1.350 surveillance cameras. Despite the fact that surveillance cameras are assumed to be a powerful tool, their effect is far from clear.
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Freedom from Fear: Answering Terrorism with Public Resilience
News item | October 13, 2011
On 3 October, ICCT – The Hague hosted the Expert Meeting on ‘Freedom from Fear: Answering Terrorism with Public Resilience’ at Campus The Hague, Location Stichthage. The expert meeting brought together a unique combination of speakers representing both academic perspectives and policy oriented backgrounds, to discuss the relevance of fear in terrorism and counter-terrorism.
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Lone Wolves and their Enabling Environment
News item | July 29, 2011
In this latest ICCT Commentary, Dr. Beatrice de Graaf and Eelco Kessels MA emphasise that, although we might label Breivik a lone wolf, he certainly does not perceive himself to be a loner operating in complete isolation. Breivik was perhaps alone during the practical preparation phase of his attack, but he derived his psychological inspiration, support and legitimation from an enabling environment consisting of inter alia right-wing extremist and anti-Islam forums, social networking sites and blogs, as well as the ‘mentor’ he refers to on multiple occasions in his manifesto. Although there exists no direct causal relationship between extremist thoughts and political violence, terrorists do attain inspiration and legitimacy from their so-called Umfeld. This then offers the best starting point for a successful strategy to prevent and counter violent political action – one that is not the sole responsibility of the security services.
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News item | December 23, 2011
The December edition of ICCT - The Hague’s Newsletter is now available online. It contains various updates on the Centre’s recent activities and those upcoming in the new year. On behalf of all at ICCT - The Hague, we would like to thank you for your support after another busy, successful year and wish you a festive holiday season and a prosperous 2012!
Read more >>
Terrorists on Trial Seminar Series
News item | November 10, 2011
ICCT - The Hague is hosting a seminar series under the header 'Terrorists on Trial' that focuses on the performative and communicative aspects of three distinct terrorist trials. The seminars will examine three different terrorists trials: The Lockerbie case, the case of Zarema Muzhakhtoyeva and the case of Zacarias Moussaoui. Through analysing the role played by the various actors (suspected terrorists, lawyers, judiciary, victims, media, etc.) in these trials, a fresh look may be taken at their judicial, political and social impact.
Read more >>
Surveillance Cameras against Terrorism: Is more accountability required?
ICCT Commentary | November 9, 2011
Since 9/11 and the London and Madrid bombings a wide variety counter-terrorism measures have been taken, including the implementation of many technical tools. Across Europe, public authorities have invested in visual surveillance such as Closed-Circuit Television (‘CCTV’) cameras as well as recognition technologies. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the average person is caught on CCTV 300 times each day and at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands there are 1.350 surveillance cameras. Despite the fact that surveillance cameras are assumed to be a powerful tool, their effect is far from clear.
Read more >>
Freedom from Fear: Answering Terrorism with Public Resilience
News item | October 13, 2011
On 3 October, ICCT – The Hague hosted the Expert Meeting on ‘Freedom from Fear: Answering Terrorism with Public Resilience’ at Campus The Hague, Location Stichthage. The expert meeting brought together a unique combination of speakers representing both academic perspectives and policy oriented backgrounds, to discuss the relevance of fear in terrorism and counter-terrorism.
Read more >>
Lone Wolves and their Enabling Environment
News item | July 29, 2011
In this latest ICCT Commentary, Dr. Beatrice de Graaf and Eelco Kessels MA emphasise that, although we might label Breivik a lone wolf, he certainly does not perceive himself to be a loner operating in complete isolation. Breivik was perhaps alone during the practical preparation phase of his attack, but he derived his psychological inspiration, support and legitimation from an enabling environment consisting of inter alia right-wing extremist and anti-Islam forums, social networking sites and blogs, as well as the ‘mentor’ he refers to on multiple occasions in his manifesto. Although there exists no direct causal relationship between extremist thoughts and political violence, terrorists do attain inspiration and legitimacy from their so-called Umfeld. This then offers the best starting point for a successful strategy to prevent and counter violent political action – one that is not the sole responsibility of the security services.
Read more >>
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ICCT – The Hague
The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague is an independent knowledge centre that focuses on information creation, collation and dissemination pertaining to the preventative and international legal aspects of counter-terrorism.
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