African regional and sub-regional organizations

• African Union.

In addition to the AU, a number of African sub-regional organizations play important roles in counter-terrorism. These include:

• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• The Institute of Security Studies, based in South Africa, has developed a list of African sub-regional counter-terrorism tools.

To assist Member States in implementing their obligations under the 1999 Convention, 2004 Protocol and other international/national obligations, the AU Commission has developed:

• African Union, Assembly (2011). The African Model Law on Counter Terrorism. Assembly/AU/Dec.369(XVII).
• The African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism was also established.

African human rights instruments

• The text of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
• African Union, List of Countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (24 July 2017).
• Website of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
• Website of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
• For a centralized source with core documents and information about all African continental and sub-regional courts, see the African International Courts and Tribunals website. Available from African International Courts and Tribunals
• African Human Rights Case Law Analyser, a multilingual, free-to-access collection of the human rights decisions of African supra-national mechanisms.
• United Nations, UNODC (2008). A Review of the Legal Regime Against Terrorism in West and Central Africa. Working Document . New York: United Nations.
• International Federation for Human Rights (2010). Practical Guide: The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights towards the African Court of Justice and Human Rights . Paris.
• African Union, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (2017). Recommendations and Resolutions Adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 1988-2017 . Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: The Gambia.

Asian regional organizations and human rights instruments 

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations Member States
• Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism in Malaysia
• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS)
• ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
• ASEAN (2016). ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: What You Need to Know , 3 ^rd edition. Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat.
• UNODC (2015). Compendium of Bilateral and Regional Instruments for South Asia: Volume II . New Delhi.
• ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (adopted 18 November 2012).

Inter-American regional organizations

• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• OAS, Thematic Rapporteurships and Units
• Annual Reports of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which summarize cases submitted to the Court during any year and their outcome, e.g. the 2016 report.

Council of Europe

• Council of Europe videos on a broad selection of topics.
• Strasbourg L'Européenne Member States.
• The text and information about the European Convention on Human Rights.
• European Court of Human Rights.
• European Court of Human Rights case law database, HUDOC.
• Council of Europe Rapporteur Groups.
• Council of Europe (CODEXTER). Country profiles on counter-terrorism capacity and details of national anti-terrorism legislation and policies of the Council of Europe Member and Observer States.
• European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission).

European Union  

• European Union Member States
• Details of the European Union Counter-Terrorism Strategy
• Council of the European Union (2018). Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/475 of 21 March 2018 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2017/1426
• European Union terrorist list.
• European Union, European Council. Fight Against Terrorism.
• European Union, European Council. EU counter-terrorism strategy.
• European Union, European Council. Response to foreign terrorist fighters and recent terrorist attacks in Europe.

Court of Justice of the European Union

• Court of Justice of the European Union
• European Union External Action, Human Rights and Democracy

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

• OSCE
• OSCE (16 October 2012). Handbook on Data Collection in Support of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, National Risk Assessments.
• OSCE (22 March 2016). Status in the OSCE Area of the Universal Anti-terrorism Conventions and Protocols.
• OSCE (24 February 2017). Overview of OSCE Counter-Terrorism Related Commitments.
• OSCE (17March 2014). Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Community-Policing Approach.
• OSCE (15 February 2016). OSCE Activities to Counter Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism.
• OSCE, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. ' Legislationline' is a database of international norms and standards, and related national legislation, across the OSCE on a range of criminal justice and human rights issues.
• OSCE (2007). Counter Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights' Manual.

Middle East and the Gulf region - human rights instruments and bodies

• Arabic Commission of Human Rights
• An unofficial English version of the Arab Charter on Human Rights
• Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Member States