Reading of Finland’s Child-Trafficking Case Returnee Mother from ISIS-controlled Syria and State Responsibility
Reading of Finland’s Child-Trafficking Case Returnee Mother from ISIS-controlled Syria and State Responsibility Noufal Abboud International law Scholar I Peace, Security and International Affairs Specialist Al-Hol displacement camp in northern Syria. Photo Credit: Lehtikuva August 21, 2026 Finnish prosecutors charged a Finnish-Russian woman in her 40s with two counts of aggravated trafficking in human beings, alleging […]
The Wrong Chord at the Border: What Miles Davis Can Teach Us About Ceuta
The story about Miles Davis, as told by Herbie Hancock, offers an inspiring perspective on what happened in Ceuta. During one of Davis’s solos, Hancock said that he struck a wrong chord on the piano. It was so wrong that Hancock put his hands around his ears and stopped playing for a minute. For a […]
Ceuta: Why Security Alone Arrives Too Late
Ceuta: Why Security Alone Arrives Too Late 8 August 2026 Amal HamidallahNCCT’s Deputy Director l UN Senior Women Talent Pipeline Member The current crisis concerning Ceuta reveal a wider reality: migration cannot be understood solely as a question of border security. What becomes visible at the border is often the culmination of deeper socioeconomic, developmental […]
The Pandora’s Box of Ceuta. How One Border Crisis Exposed Europe’s Deepest Contradictions
The Pandora’s Box of Ceuta How One Border Crisis Exposed Europe’s Deepest Contradictions August 2, 2026 Noufal AbboudInternational law Scholar I Peace, Security and International Affairs Specialist I still remember what a Swedish friend once told me. Before spending a summer in the Canary Islands, they had been warned never to go to “the other […]
NCCT Celebrates International Women’s Day with E- Commerce and Digital Entrepreneurship Training for Mothers and Daughters
NCCT Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Mediterranean Observatory for Information Integrity Tangier, Morocco – 13th June 2026Afifa KallouhProgram Coordinator – NCCT Demonstrating its continued commitment to addressing emerging drivers of conflict, the Nordic Center for Conflict Transformation (NCCT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the newly established Mediterranean Observatory for Information Integrity during […]
NCCT Celebrates International Women’s Day with E- Commerce and Digital Entrepreneurship Training for Mothers and Daughters
NCCT Celebrates International Women’s Day with E- Commerce and Digital Entrepreneurship Training for Mothers and Daughters Kenza AbboudResearch and Program Assistant On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Nordic Center for Conflict Transformation (NCCT) organized a training session in Tangier on the fundamentals of e- commerce and digital marketing under the […]
International Law in a World of (Dis)Order: A Conflict Transformation Perspective
International Law in a World of (Dis)Order: A Conflict Transformation Perspective NCCT Hosts Public International Law Master Students from Abdelmalek Essaâdi University Afifa Kallouh Program Coordinator – NCCT On March 5, 2026, the Nordic Center for Conflict Transformation (NCCT) hosted students from the Master’s program in Public International Law at the Faculty of Legal, Economic, […]
Coexistence in a World at War: NCCT’s message at the National Conference in Morocco
Coexistence in a World at War: NCCT’s Message at the National Conference in Morocco Afifa KallouhProgram Coordinator – NCCT On 24 January 2026, the Nordic Center for Conflict Transformation (NCCT) participated in the National Conference on Coexistence: “Coexistence as a Universal Reference for the Governance of Moroccan Society”, organized by the Souss Massa Foundation for […]
Strengthening Global Partnerships: NCCT Deepens Cooperation in the United Kingdom
Strengthening Global Partnerships: NCCT Deepens Cooperation in the United Kingdom From bustling conference halls to quiet university corridors, the Nordic Center for Conflict Transformation (NCCT) continues to strengthen its footprint on the global stage. Led by Executive Director Noufal Abboud, a recent mission to the United Kingdom showcased NCCT’s unique approach to peacebuilding—where research, diplomacy, […]
Rethinking Peacebuilding: NCCT’s Mission in Doha
Rethinking Peacebuilding: NCCT’s Mission in Doha From left: Afifa Kallouh (NCCT), Noufal Abboud (NCCT), Dr. Moataz El Fegiery (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies), Kenza Abboud (NCCT) At the heart of NCCT’s mission lies a commitment to sustainable peace that extends beyond the mere absence of violence, advancing both the role of media and the engagement […]