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Enhancing Civil Society Engagement
This paper presents the key findings and recommendations from consultations with civil society organized in connection with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) regional high-level conferences on counterterrorism, in which UNOCT partnered with the Global Center to organize two one-day, civil society–led workshops preceding the last two regional conferences. It...
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National Strategies to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism
Using the guidelines of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism’s “Reference Guide: Developing National and Regional Action Plans to Prevent Violent Extremism” as a common analytical framework, the report is organized around the six procedural components outlined therein as essential in developing inclusive, context-specific, and robust national strategies. Analyzing national strategies...
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Gendered Pathways to Radicalization and Desistance from Violent Extremism
This policy brief explores the drivers of radicalization to and engagement in violent extremism and the factors of disengagement and desistance among women and girls by examining cases of individuals that went through the United Kingdom’s Channel program. It aims to enhance understanding of gender-sensitive interventions that address the specific...
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Desecuritizing Kenyan Youth: Young People’s Perspectives on Community Priorities in Mombasa
Against the backdrop of heightened international and domestic concerns over the vulnerability of Kenyan youth to violent extremism, this policy brief focuses on the hardships and priorities of youth in Kenya through the voices of young people themselves. Drawing on a series of focus group discussions conducted by the Kenya...
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Reintegrating Former Boko Haram Associates / Réintégration des ex-associés de Boko Haram
This policy brief assesses Cameroon’s strategies and policies for reintegrating associates of Boko Haram against the recently adopted Lake Chad Basin regional stabilization strategy, the realities experienced by Boko Haram-affected communities, and the experiences of individuals detained on account of their associations. For comparative purposes, references to the experience of...
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Integrative Complexity Interventions to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism
This policy brief explore the concept of integrative complexity - an empirical, peer-reviewed, and cross-culturally validated measure of the complexity of thinking - and the ways it can be applied in contexts of violent extremism and other instances of intergroup conflict. As policymakers and practitioners work to address the larger structural...
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Untangling a Marriage of Convenience: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
This brief examines where and how anti–money laundering (AML) frameworks are fit for purpose relative to countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) and considers where additional CFT-specific efforts are necessary. There is a convergence between the types of information and stakeholders relevant to money laundering and terrorism financing, and after...
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Compendium of Good Practices in the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Offenders
The Compendium of Good Practices in the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Offenders presents good and promising practices in the rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist offenders in correctional settings, while also discussing how practices related to prison regime, security, intelligence, and risk assessment can impact these two processes....
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