The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was requested by Member States in General Assembly resolution 68/187 of 18 December 2013, among other measures, to “continue to enhance specialized legal knowledge through the preparation of best practices, in close coordination with Member States, on assistance to and support…
This Handbook was developed with a view to providing coherent and consistent guidance to national authorities on the treatment of children recruited and exploited by terrorist and violent extremist groups, with emphasis on the role of the justice system. The Handbook contains four chapters. Chapters I-IV combine legal guidance on…
This module aims to help criminal justice practitioners engaged in counter-terrorism to act more efficiently and swiftly by becoming more familiar with the mechanisms in place for extradition and mutual legal assistance and, in particular, with the tools afforded by the universal conventions and protocols for effective cooperation with foreign…
The aim of this analysis is to validate the research findings of the 2017 IOM CA/Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Nazarbayev Center)/ USAID Dignity and Rights Regional Field Assessment
UN report on youth, violent extremism, and social media.
UN report on prevention of violent extremism through education.
The magnitude of violence and human loss in conflict settings often exceeds the caring capacity of traditional support systems for orphans. The aim of this study is to understand the developmental context for children experiencing armed conflict, parental loss, extreme poverty, violence and social exclusion in a setting affected by…
When the United States declared the global war against terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Southeast Asia was named the “second front,” next to Afghanistan. The presence of Al-Qaeda linked and inspired terrorist groups in the region, notably the Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI) and the Abu Sayyaf…
Contrary to popular belief, South Korea is not immune from the growth of Islamic radicalism. Although no serious terrorist attack has yet occurred within the country, some worrisome incidents have been reported. Recently, an Indonesian man was arrested on the grounds that he publicly supported the Al Nusra Front, a…
Counter Terrorism Approaches in the context of Bangladesh is now the demanding topic of this year. Based on at least two decades of terrorist activities, now there is a blazing demand raised by scholars, think-tank, and civil society to revisit the approaches on counter-terrorism. The words counter-terrorism denotes to violent…
Radicalization across East Africa has increased in recent years. 1 Affecting both Kenya and Tanzania, both countries have focused national and regional efforts to prevent and counter2 violent extremism. To inform these efforts, extensive research has been conducted in the region, especially on push and pull factors of violent extremism…
