Building on her report to the 73rd session of the General Assembly (A/73/361), the Special Rapporteur assesses and charts the increased resort to generically named “soft” law in the counter-terrorism sphere.

She notes that for the purposes of the report, “soft law” will be defined broadly, encompassing non-legally-binding instruments and standards pertaining to preventing or countering terrorism and violent extremism, developed with the involvement of, or endorsed by, a formal or informal grouping of States and/or international or regional organizations.