Countering Violent Extremism
Resilient communities are best placed to tackle
the underlying factors of violent extremism.
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A diverse, empowered, and engaged civil society is critical to lasting security. By the end of 2020, we will have provided over $5 million in direct financial support to local and regional organizations working at the grassroots level to prevent and counter violent extremism.
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Artificial Intelligence and Data Capture Technologies in Violence and Conflict Prevention
In this policy brief, Eleonore Pauwels examines how artificial intelligence and data capture technologies can be positively harnessed and potentially misused, as the new paradigm of predictive behavioral analysis and population data capture is increasingly being presented as a solution to challenges in humanitarian action, conflict prevention, and counterterrorism. The...
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Shrinking Space in the Name of Countering Terrorism: Why the United Nations Must Deliver on Civil Society Commitments
Without meaningful civil society engagement, the UN system’s counterterrorism policy, coordination, technical assistance, and advocacy risk causing more harm than good. This article argues that the United Nations needs to take its commitments to civil society seriously and uphold its do-no-harm principles of engagement in the field, which would require...
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Maldives / VirtualInstitutionalizing Community-Oriented Policing for Countering Violent Extremism
Senior ranking officers from the Maldives Police Service took part in a six-day inaugural seminar on community-oriented policing for countering violent extremism, via a virtual platform. Over the course of the training, participants were introduced to the drivers and conceptual framework of violent extremism, the specific challenges of institutionalizing and...
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Cooperating With Civil Society to Rehabilitate and Reintegrate Violent Extremist Prisoners
This policy brief explores how government and civil society can advance their cooperation in the rehabilitation and reintegration of individuals convicted and imprisoned for violent extremism or terrorism-related offenses. It presents the current state of cooperation between government and civil society in the rehabilitation and reintegration process, then outlines the...
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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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New York / Virtual2020 Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week
The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism organized its first Virtual Counter-Terrorism week in lieu of the 2020 Counter-Terrorism Week, were they hosted ten webinars and interactive discussions over the course of the week under the overarching theme of “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment” to...
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New York / VirtualBlue Sky V: Summary Findings and Recommendations for the Implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
In the lead up to the 2020 Virtual UN Counter-Terrorism Week, the Global Center launched the summary findings and key recommendations of the fifth iteration of its Blue Sky report series. With the generous support of the governments of the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland, the report builds on the Global...
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Jakarta / VirtualAdvancing Cooperation Between Government and Civil Society in Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Southeast Asia
The Global Center organized a virtual expert focus group on furthering cooperation between government and civil society in the prison rehabilitation and reintegration efforts of violent extremist offenders. The focus group involved practitioners from both government and civil society from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. The focus group discussed...
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Rabat, MoroccoAdvanced Training on the Management of Violent Extremist Offenders
As part of its Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons Program, the Global Center and the National Training Academy of the Moroccan prison service co-organized a series of advanced trainings on the management of violent extremist offenders. The objective of these training workshops was to enable international trainers from the Global...
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