The workshop aimed to support peer-to-peer exchanges among 11 African national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from Eastern, Southern, and West Africa to operationalise the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) Brussels Memorandum on Good Practices for Oversight and Accountability Mechanisms in Counterterrorism. ARTICLE 19 raises concern that over-securitisation in Africa has led to specific targeting of journalists, digital activists, human rights defenders and political opposition actors in Africa. The memorandum’s five working groups focus on: NHRIs, civil society, legislative oversight, intelligence and security agency oversight, law enforcement and policing oversight. The principles are:Structure and Mandates of OversightMultilayered Systems (Practice 1): Implementing a combination of internal, executive, legislative, judicial, and independent national human rights oversight bodies. Participants to the forum on Strengthening National Human Rights Institutions Engagement on Counterterrorism Oversight in AfricaARTICLE 19 emphasises that the partnership between civil society and National Human Rights Institutions forms an indispensable synchronised voice for constitutionalism and human dignity.