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Commonwealth Committee on Terrorism

Abbreviation

CCT

Summary

The Commonwealth Committee on Terrorism (CCT) is a sub-committee of the Commonwealth, an association of nations sharing common heritage in language, culture, law, education, and democratic traditions. The CCT focuses on the implementation of concrete counterterrorism plans of action within member nations. CCT members commit to fully implementing the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and denounce any efforts to aid, support, instigate, finance, or harbor terrorists. CCT provides legal assistance and capacity-building to support Commonwealth members’ implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373 and other international counterterrorism laws. CCT works to increase law enforcement cooperation; to engage in consultation, information-sharing, and training; to execute measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism; to strengthen dialogue and understanding between different cultures and faiths; and to ensure that the commitments of Heads of Government translate into concrete action against terrorism.

Members

Members of the Commonwealth include Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, and Zambia.

Website

http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/commonwealth/

Entry drafted by PILAC Research Assistant Claire DiMario. Entry last updated: June 2015.