Current Challenges And Lessons Learned From Different Approaches In The EU And
The U.S.


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CEP Webinar: Can Convicted Terrorists Be Rehabilitated?

Current Challenges And Lessons Learned From Different Approaches In The EU And
The U.S.

(Berlin/New York, N.Y.) – Many terrorist offenders imprisoned in the European
Union and the United States will be released in the coming years. The
significant increase in convictions of Foreign Terrorist Fighters since 2014
has created a larger than ever terrorism-related prison population in the
United States as well as in several European states. Therefore, governments,
prison authorities, as well as rehabilitation professionals are confronted with
growing challenges to ensure that the reintegration of released terrorist
offenders is successful and that the recidivism rate stabilizes at acceptable
levels.

 

There are a variety of programs in place in various countries that aim to help
these individuals deradicalize and reintegrate into society. What programs seem
to be working? Can good practices be transferred? 

 

Since 2018, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has established a particular
workstream and expertise focused on this subject and commissioned a range of
expert reports to discuss these looming challenges.


The webinar will be held in English on June 3, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. EDT / 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CEST.

 

CEP is honored to host this webinar in cooperation with the Radicalization
Awareness Network (RAN) of the European Commission. Four globally renowned
experts in the field of radicalization and rehabilitation will share their
expertise:



Mitchell D. Silber, former Director of Intelligence Analysis at the New York
City Police Department (NYPD), Senior Advisor to CEP, and co-author of the CEP
reportWhen Terrorists Come Home.

Jesse Morton, former recruiter for al-Qaeda, founder of the
counter-radicalization non-profit organization Parallel Networks, and co-author
of the CEP reportWhen Terrorists Come Home.

Maarten van de Donk, Senior Advisor of the RAN, supporting the rehabilitation
working group and involved in their manual on terrorist offenders
rehabilitation.

Dr. Robert Pelzer, Senior Researcher at the Technical University Berlin and
co-author of the study commissioned by CEP on Islamist terrorist rehabilitation
programs in Germany.

The event will be moderated by Alexander Ritzmann, CEP Senior Advisor and lead
of the P/CVE files of CEP Germany.

 

Following the presentations, participants will have the opportunity to discuss
this issue with the speakers in a Q&A segment.

 

If you would like to participate at the webinar, please register under the
following link (Zoom):

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