Constraining Peacebuilding to Counter Terrorism: Comments for the UN's Biennial Strategy Review

 
Constraining Peacebuilding UN Brief
 

Authors: Eric Eikenberry

Publisher: Alliance for Peacebuilding

Publication date: November 4, 2020

Abstract: The UN-coordinated counterterrorism listing and sanctions framework limits the effectiveness of peacebuilding programs that address the root causes of violent extremism. Alliance for Peacebuilding encourages network members to respond to a new UN survey by highlighting how this legal framework undermines the UN’s own global counterterrorism strategy.