Approximately 30 percent of the German women and girls who traveled to Syria
and Iraq, mostly to join ISIS, and returned to Germany, have been prosecuted.
They were convicted for, inter alia, membership in or support of a foreign
terrorist organization, violations of the war weapons control act, and war
crimes against property.





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CEP Webinar: Back From Raqqa – The Prosecution Of Returnees In Germany And
France



(New York, N.Y. / Berlin) – Approximately 30 percent of the German women and
girls who traveled to Syria and Iraq, mostly to join ISIS, and returned to
Germany, have been prosecuted. They were convicted for, inter alia, membership
in or support of a foreign terrorist organization, violations of the war
weapons control act, and war crimes against property. In addition, the German
judicial system has started to recognize the role that women have played in
perpetrating international crimes against the Yazidi community by prosecuting
them for crimes against humanity as well as aiding and abetting genocide.



In Germany, female returnees have been systematically prosecuted
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since 2018. The verdicts have helped provide nuance regarding their different
profiles and roles with ISIS, potential security risks, as well as
rehabilitation needs. In addition, the prosecution of German female returnees
for alleged violations of international criminal law—including slavery as well
as sexual and gender-based crimes—has raised the question of how to adopt
similar approaches in other European countries, including France. Finally,
Germany has been repatriating minors and their mothers from Kurdish-led Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF)-managed camps in northeast Syria, which enabled the
prosecution of adult women. However, the surviving male (alleged) ISIS members
remain detained in SDF-managed prisons. Consequently, they have not been
prosecuted in Kurdish-held territories or in Germany.



The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is delighted to invite you to this
webinar, where Sofia Koller, senior research analyst at CEP Germany, will be
presenting herpolicy paper
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on the prosecution of female returnees in Germany—the first in a series of CEP
publications analyzing the prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration of
returnees in different European countries. This research paper serves as the
starting point of a discussion on the approach to prosecution of returnees in
Germany and France, the role of international criminal law, as well as broader
challenges of human rights-based processes of risk and needs assessment,
rehabilitation, and reintegration of ISIS-affiliated men, women, and minors.



The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.



Date: October 17, 2022

Time: 9:30 a.m. ET / 15:30 CET to 11:00 am ET / 17:00 CET



EVENT PROGRAM:



Presenters:



Sofia Koller

Senior Research Analyst, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



Alexandra Lily Kather

Legal Advisor, The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)



Anne-Clémentine Larroque

Historical Analyst, Anti-Terrorist Investigation Unit, Judicial Court of Paris



Moderator and Introductory Remarks:



Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



The presentations will be followed by a Q&A-session open to all participants.



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