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While a considerable amount of research has been conducted on community-based initiatives aimed at preventing violence, including the role of the ex-political prisoner community in preventative and counterterrorism work, little is known about how the ex-prisoners themselves manage their identity transition between the role they occupied during the conflict and…

This action plan describes programming and policy that are currently being, or could be, led/sponsored by the GCTF members and other interested stakeholders including: Hedayah, the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF), the UN Center on Counter-Terrorism, the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is dedicated to countering violent extremism and plays a leading role in the Federal Government’s efforts. To accomplish this, DHS equips CVE community partners with the necessary information, grants, tools, training, and other support to help them identify and counter radicalization to violence. Through…

Earlier this month, 18-year-old Mahin Khan of Tucson, Arizona pleaded guilty to terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons. The plea is unusual because it was entered in state court rather than federal court, making it Arizona’s first terrorism-related case. State terrorism prosecutions are extremely…

Countering violent extremism (CVE) is a widely used and defined term. From a practitioner’s perspective, it works on three levels: prevention of radicalization, intervention with individuals in danger of radicalization, and de-radicalization. The European Union pursues a holistic approach, which includes transnational collaboration and eliminating possible root causes of radicalization….

Since 9/11, the U.S. government has spent many billions and mobilized thousands of employees to thwart jihadi terrorist plots in America and abroad. Measured by American lives saved, the U.S. government has had extraordinary success using all elements of its national security toolbox to capture, arrest, and kill terrorists worldwide….

The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 30/15, decided to convene a panel at its thirty-first session to discuss the human rights dimensions of preventing and countering violent extremism. The panel discussion was held on 17 March 2016.

In its resolution 30/15, the Human Rights Council expressed deep concern at the profound threat posed by acts resulting from violent extremism to the realization and enjoyment of human rights and by the increasing and serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law by violent extremist and terrorist…

CEP’s country reports detail the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures. Reports include information on radicalization and foreign fighters, extremism and terrorist movements, and domestic and international counter-extremism initiatives.

Cet article porte sur la représentation de la violence dans le cinéma français. Il analyse comment et pourquoi un certain nombre de réalisateurs français (Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Gaspar Noé, Bruno Dumont), classés sous le terme New French Extremism, mettent en scène de manière extrême cette violence depuis le début…

CEP’s country reports detail the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures. Reports include information on radicalization and foreign fighters, extremism and terrorist movements, and domestic and international counter-extremism initiatives.