The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 30/15, decided to convene a panel at its thirty-first session to discuss the human rights dimensions of preventing and countering violent extremism. The panel discussion was held on 17 March 2016.
In its resolution 30/15, the Human Rights Council expressed deep concern at the profound threat posed by acts resulting from violent extremism to the realization and enjoyment of human rights and by the increasing and serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law by violent extremist and terrorist…
CEP’s country reports detail the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures. Reports include information on radicalization and foreign fighters, extremism and terrorist movements, and domestic and international counter-extremism initiatives.
Cet article porte sur la représentation de la violence dans le cinéma français. Il analyse comment et pourquoi un certain nombre de réalisateurs français (Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Gaspar Noé, Bruno Dumont), classés sous le terme New French Extremism, mettent en scène de manière extrême cette violence depuis le début…
CEP’s country reports detail the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures. Reports include information on radicalization and foreign fighters, extremism and terrorist movements, and domestic and international counter-extremism initiatives.
Kyrgyzstan models itself as Central Asia’s only parliamentary democracy, but multiple challenges threaten its stability. Divided ethnically between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks and geographically north and south, the state is deeply corrupt and fails to deliver basic services, in particular justice and law enforcement. Its political institutions are under stress: the…
Highlights: • Women are victims of all forms of violent radicalism, but can also be participants, or active accomplices, of violence in the name of an ideology. • Pursuant to the mandate in the 2015-2018 Government Action Plan, Radicalization in Québec: Act, Prevent, Detect and Live Together, the Secrétariat à…
In 2011, the United States adopted the Strategy for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States (Strategy) and a corresponding Strategic Implementation Plan. Since publication, the mission to prevent violent extremism has progressed, and violent extremist threats have continued to evolve. The overall goal of the…
The report begins by examining the emergence of ISIS and its unique media strategy, which has been credited with spurring the group’s global reach. It then turns to the development of the CVE strategy and the various initiatives Western governments have undertaken to halt the spread of violent extremism, particularly…
The Danish effort to prevent extremism and radicalisation has been developed over a number of years. At its core is a close collaboration between different authorities and a joint understanding that the prevention effort can take place on many levels and involve different types of initiatives. The first national Danish…
This is the Danish National Counter-Terrorism Plan, for 2016.
This thematic paper introduces a Violence Intensity Index and its application in the five provinces of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The overarching objective is to establish an evaluative tool that can be used to improve the targeting mechanisms of government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, directly or indirectly, involved in…
