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"On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt' with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler lays out the consequences, as France ends counterterrorism operation in the Sahel region."

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November 9, 2022
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CEP Webinar: Back from Raqqa – The Prosecution of Returnees in Germany and France | Anne-Clémentine Larroque

CEP Webinar: Back from Raqqa – The Prosecution of Returnees in Germany and France | Oct. 17, 2022

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) was delighted to host this webinar, where Sofia Koller, senior research analyst at CEP Germany, presented her policy paper 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.

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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

CEP POLICY PAPER: https://www.counterextremism.com/press/cep-policy-paper-prosecution-german-women-returning-syria-and-iraq

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CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller writes:  "After three years of obstacles and indecision, France has finally decided to repatriate some of its citizens. While bringing people affiliated with ISIS back to French soil might seem incredibly risky at best and naive at worst, repatriation is still the most effective solution to the foreign fighter dilemma."

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July 8, 2022
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CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller writes: "Während Politik, Forschung und Zivilgesellschaft weiterhin diskutieren, wie Radikalisierung und Islamismus eigentlich zu verstehen ist, bereitet Frankreich vor allem der Umgang mit bereits radikalisierten oder straffällig gewordenen Personen große Schwierigkeiten. Seit etwa 2014 hat das Land aber wichtige Fortschritte gemacht: in den Präfekturen koordinieren nun die CPRAF die multiprofessionelle Betreuung relevanter Personen, im Strafvollzug wachsen Evaluierungs- und Betreuungsangebote und die Ergebnisse einer kürzlichen Studie zu speziellen Programmen für entlassene Straftäter wie PAIRS stimmen vorsichtig optimistisch. Da Deradikalisierungs- und Distanzierungsprozesse komplex sind und Monate oder Jahre dauern können, wird sich jedoch erst langfristig zeigen, wie effektiv die französische Ausstiegsarbeit wirklich ist."

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June 30, 2022
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