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A new UNHRC report on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism has been released. According to Sergio Bianchi, author of the report referenced in the UNHRC Report, noted that “Large-scale violations of the rights of political, religious and ethnic minorities are being enabled by “deradicalization” policies and practices, based on the

The European projects J-SAFE, MINDb4ACT and JPCOOPS  started to recruit professionals from 26 European Countries to participate in the courses on preventing radicalization. Travel and accommodations will be covered by the project. The idea for this initiative was born after the experience with more than 3000 European professionals who joined the DERAD and TRAINING AID

This policy brief traces how Western right-wing extremists have exploited the power of the internet from early dial-up bulletin board systems to contemporary social media and messaging apps.

In a RAN interview, Jesper Holme, a Danish educator and expert in preventing radicalisation, offered insights into how schools could be transformed into laboratories of democracy.  According to International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), Denmark, aside Belgium, has produced more “militant Islamic fighters per head of a population since 2012

This introductory video is part of the publication “Preventing and Fighting Radicalisation at the Local Level”, produced by the European Forum for Urban Security.

Prisons are fertile ground for violent extremists and strong co-ordination is a must”, said Gianluca Esposito, Head of the Action against Crime Department of the Council of Europe, during the Regional conference on deradicalisation in prisons in Sarajevo. The conference marked the launch of the Action “Enhancing penitentiary capacities in addressing radicalisation in prisons in

How can we prevent the radicalization of today’s youth? Prashan de Visser, a graduate student at Notre Dame’s Kroc International Institute for Peace Studies and founder of Sri Lanka Unites, say the key is providing adult mentorship and friendships across ethnic and cultural boundaries. Visit his site here.

The EU Internet Forum´s Civil Society Empowerment Programme The Civil Society Empowerment Programme is an initiative under the umbrella of the EU Internet Forum, which was launched in 2015 by Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, to tackle terrorist content online. get access to the training material here.

In November 2007, Richard Oppel,a New York Times reporter described a set of documents, having been gained through a US military raid in Sinjar, Iraq. His consequent news article and an analysis of the files by Brian Fishman and Joseph Felter, from the Combating Terrorism Center, revealed information about the origin and demographics of the

“Extreme Dialogue is a cutting-edge project designed to provide young people with the tools they need to build resilience against extremism in all its forms. Get in touch now via info@extremedialogue.org and visit www.extremedialogue.org to bring Extreme Dialogue to your school! Stop hate. Start the dialogue today.”