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Counter-Terrorism
146 published works
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Regulation Around the World – Issue 19: Anti-money laundering
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Jonathan Herbst (UK), Haney Saadah, Hannah Meakin (UK), Matthew Gregory (UK), Katie Stephen (UK), James Morris (AU), Jeremy Moller, Tim Stewart, Sun Hong, Maria Beatrice Gilesi (IT), Jochen Vester (UK), Floortje Nagelkerke (NL), Claire Guilbert, Flupke van den Bogart, Roberto Cristofolini (FR), Sebastien Praicheux, Matthew Shanahan, Hasanali Pirbhai, Ratul Roshan
In this latest edition of Regulation Around the World, we examine the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) landscape through the lens of eight questions, drawing on insights from Norton…
The Justice Gap
UK Terror laws, Palestine Action and lessons from Turkey
By Erdost Akin
At the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on 27 September, police arrested 82 people protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action. Among them was Margaret Owen, a 94-year-old human rights…
Free Movement Articles
High Court quashes Afghan judge’s ARAP refusal over case reporting evidence
By Aiya Nakash
The High Court has quashed the fourth refusal of an Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) application made by a former Afghan Anti-Terrorism Court judge. The case is MUF v…
JURIST
Amnesty International warns Kuwait’s counter-terrorism crackdown amid Iran conflict endangers fundamental human rights
Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned Kuwait’s new counter-terrorism law that may have grave repercussions for the freedoms of assembly and expression. Enacted against the backdrop of US-Israel attacks, Decree No. 47…
Financial Services Perspectives
The Palestine Investment Bank Ruling: What the ATA’s “Knowledge” Standard Means for Banks in the Age of Cartel FTO Designations
On August 13, 2026, U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee of the Eastern District of New York issued a decision in Spetner v. Palestine Investment Bank that should command the attention…
Financial Services Perspectives
Brazilian Gang Terrorist Designations: What U.S. Financial Institutions Need to Know About the CV and PCC
By Jonathan "Jack" Harrington, Gabriella E. Alonso
On May 28, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. Department of State designated Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Brazil's two largest and…
EJIL: Talk!
From “Blinking Red” to AMIA: An Emerging Standard of Intelligence Failure Under the Right to Life
On 1 September 2004, more than a thousand people were taken hostage in School No. 1 in Beslán, North Ossetia. Three days later, at least 334 of them — including…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Evaluating US Sanctions and Counterterrorism Policy with Anna Morris
In this episode of Bad News, Good Lawyers, host Tom Firestone speaks with Anna Morris, former acting assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the US Treasury and a principal in…
Critical Legal Thinking
The abuse of UK anti-terror laws to proscribe direct action protest: The case of Palestine Action
The 13 February 2026 decision of the High Court inHuda Ammori v Secretary of State for the Home Department that the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action was unlawful, provides a fascinating…
Nonprofit Law Blog
Weaponization of Counterterrorism
The ABA held a webinar, The Weaponization of Counterterrorism: Human Rights in the Crosshairs, on December 4, 2025. The invocation of terrorism is, and always has been, a convenient mechanism to…