Alongside its academic and policy portfolios, the Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project seeks to provide a space for research-informed engagement between international humanitarian NGOs, intergovernmental agencies, academic centers, and governments concerning the complex legal, policy, and operational facets of humanitarian response in situations involving counterterrorism laws.

A central facet of the initiative in this connection is the Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project Working Group. The Working Group’s members represent a number of major operational humanitarian organizations, UN humanitarian agencies, several key research and policy institutes, lawyers, and advocates. The Project provides members with an informed space for dialogue regarding shared and emerging concerns by:

• Producing independent analyses of legal, policy, thematic, and regional challenges;
• Providing regular, curated, and timely shorter analyses of salient recent developments; and
• Hosting policy workshops that bring together diverse viewpoints.