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How to handle radicalisation within your organisation: the Belgium experience
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An interview with Annie Devos.
On the 24th of May 2014, Belgium was confronted with a terrorist attack for the first time. The attack on the Jewish Museum was carried out by a Foreign Terrorist Fighter and four people died. Unfortunately this was not the last terrorist attack in the country. Radicalisation is an important issue for the Houses of Justice nowadays. We talked to Annie Devos, CEP Vice President and Director of Maison de Justice, about the problems the Houses of Justice have faced and about how they deal with this new issues.
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Conferences you shouldn't miss!
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EU Conference on Radicalisation
This conference will take place on the 27th of February 2018 in Brussels. It is a unique opportunity for judges, prosecutors, prison and probation staff and expert to exchange best practices on how to deal with radicalisation.
Please note that this event is on invitation only.
CEP Radicalisation Expert Meeting
Following the European Commission event for logistical reasons, CEP will organise in Brussels its own one-day Expert Meeting on Radicalisation. This will be a workshop to enable an open exchange for probation experts.
Please note that this event is on invitation only.
ERA Seminar Rehabilitation and Alternative Sanctions to Detention for Radicalized Individuals, Utrecht
This third seminar in a series of four co-funded by the European Commission on issues related to countering terrorism and radicalisation will focus on rehabilitation and alternative sanctions to detention in relation to radicalised individuals. The use of the relevant Framework Decisions within this context will be analysed, along with the judiciary’s role in this area. The event will take place on the 8th and 9th of March 2018 in Utrecht.
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New project: Preventing Radicalisation through Probation and Release
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On the 22nd of november 2017, the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) kicked-off their new project: Preventing Radicalisation through Probation and Release (PREPARE). PREPARE’s general objective is to contribute to prevent radicalisation through deradicalisation, disengagement and rehabilitation programmes in release and probation, notably through multi-agency partnerships that include local authorities.
Click here for more information on PREPARE >>
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Advancing Juvenile Justice Principles for Children Convicted of Violent Extremism Offenses
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The government of Australia commissioned the Global Center and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) to prepare a report and accompanying policy brief putting forward guiding principles, recommendations, and considerations for the detention, rehabilitation, and reintegration of juveniles convicted of terrorism and violent extremism offenses.
Click here to read more information about the report >>
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The role of religion in post-release re-integration of former extremists
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An article by Julie Norman
Religious ideology is just one of many drivers for violent extremism. Indeed, our research has indicated that in most cases, drivers such as frustrations, grievances, and lack of purpose or belonging fuel radicalisation more than religious beliefs. However, religion can be exploited to provide a legitimation for violent extremism during radicalisation processes and during periods of incarceration. Voluntary faith-based interventions can thus be helpful in the toolbox of outreach for effective reintegration after release.
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Dutch Suspects of Terrorist Activity: A Study of Their Biographical Backgrounds Based on Primary Sources
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European countries have and had to deal with a lot of terrorist attacks in the last couple of years. It is alarming that some of the most succesful terrorist were already on the radar of the intelligence agencies. This raises the question about how difficult it is to identify if someone will carry out an attack or not.
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Terrorism and the terrorist – Understanding Radicalisation: The Implications for Criminal Justice practitioners
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An article by Orla Lynch
In an effort to understand terrorism, particularly for those individuals who work with the perpetrators of political violence, it is vital that we separate the notion of terrorism from the terrorist. Terrorism is a highly politicised term, a pejorative label applied unevenly across groups. However, for criminal justice, counseling and security professionals acting within the confines of particular legal or social services systems, the terrorist actor must be understood and considered in his/her local context in conjunction with the entirety of their social network, personal background, ideological affiliations and offending history.
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Fighting radicalisation in Jordan
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As many countries around the world, Jordan is also affected by radicalisation and violent extremism. The challenge is even more significant as Jordan is situated in the proximity of Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Israel.
Once violent extremists get into the state’s attention, they need to be treated in line with the international standards and also need to be involved in de-radicalisation and disengagement programs that could facilitate their reintegration into the mainstream society. This is one of the aims of the EU pilot project, called ‘Technical Assistance to support the Government of Jordan’s effort to prevent violent extremism’
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Jihadist Dehumanisation Scale: an interesting way to assess radicalisation
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An article by researchers from the University of Nantes
The International Center for the prevention of Crime literature review identifies two models (McCauley & Moskalenko [4] (2008) and Stahelski [5] (2005)), out of six trajectories of homegrown radicalism in the West, involving dehumanisation as a stage before any violent action ideologically motivated. Dehumanisation, which is the act of perceiving or treating people as if they are less than human, might constitute the “individual change” that occurs for violent individual in a context of Muslim radicalisation, even if transitions mechanisms are not very clear. Dehumanisation has emerged as a major research issue on intergroup relations in the last sixty years, especially on racial and ethnic discriminations and violence, but also more recently on intergroup relations with immigrants, asylum seekers and psychiatric patients.
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