At the 2025 Asia Democracy Assembly, IID launched its Landscape Assessment of UN & Multilateral Efforts and Civil Society Engagement on Counterterrorism and P/CVE in Southeast Asia.
We welcomed insights from Tanya Boulakovski, Human Rights Officer at MENA Rights Group, who underscored the decade-long misuse of national security frameworks in the MENA region and urged a rethinking of current security paradigms—especially amid the scale of violence committed in the name of counter-terrorism during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
We were also honored to be joined by Prof. Ben Saul, United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, who emphasized the need for deeper documentation on the harmful impacts of counter-terrorism in the region and outlined key challenges and entry points for civil society to shape the global counter-terrorism agenda.
Special thanks to the Global Center on Cooperative Security for its trusted partnership and support as we work to broaden civil society’s analyses on the abuse and misuse of security in Southeast Asia.
Link to our research: https://drive.google.com/…/1Nn78jBVu0uBrBTlO1sh…/view…
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