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From 29 January to 1 February 2024, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, under its CT TECH initiative convened a national workshop for the Republic of Kenya. The workshop focused on developing national counter-terrorism policy and operational responses to counter the use of new technologies for terrorist purposes while protecting human rights. 

During the four-day workshop, 27 Kenyan officials from the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Kenyan Defence Force, Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy, National  Communication Authority, National Assembly, Office of the Attorney General, as well as representatives from other judiciary, law enforcement, intelligence and security organizations, cybersecurity institutions, and academia attended the event. The participants:

1. Played through scenarios for assessing and prioritizing terrorist threats;
2. Conducted exercises to design and measure the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policy responses in mitigating threats;
3. Explored ways to incorporate and mainstream human rights and gender equality considerations into threat assessments and policy responses and ensure that new technologies in counter-terrorism are used in a human rights-compliant and gender-sensitive manner;
4. Discussed and identified gaps on law enforcement capabilities to use new technologies for countering terrorism across policy, legal and institutional pillars, including through a human rights and gender equality lens.