USIP - MENA Facilitators Forum 2022

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Cecilia Polizzi

I had the special honor and privilege to attend the United States Institute of Peace MENA Facilitators Forum in #Tunisia. I am most grateful to Elie Abouaoun (DDS, MBA) for the kind invitation and unique opportunity to discuss the issue of children in terrorism with local facilitators from Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, and beyond who are working to prevent and resolve violent conflict in the region. Thank you to the extraordinary USIP team for the invaluable assistance in facilitating my participation in this important event.

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I am pleased to have engaged in this Q&A session with CT Insight. Our discussion covered crucial subjects, ranging from the alarming increase in #radicalization among children to the recent evaluation of the UK #Prevent program, and the social, economic, political and security challenges in the #Sahel region. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cecilia-polizzi-2a9663143_the-radicalisation-and-recruitment-game-activity-7107793736901812225-9PEw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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In June, the Iraqi government has performed another round of repatriations from #AlHol. In my latest, I explore the issue of stigma and the Key points: 1. The 50% of Al Hol residents are children, most of whom do not exceed the age of twelve years, continue to be exposed to forceful indoctrination and IS-inspired violence, and critical protection gaps exist across all sectors. 2. The obstacles encompassing repatriation processes to Iraq remain significant including including risks of violence and the lack of adequate preparations in terms of safety, lodging, economic needs, and social reintegration. 3. The attitude towards Al-Hol children is marked by ostracism both at the official and community levels. These perceptions force severe stigmatization and a high risk for children of becoming victims of secondary violence by communities, law enforcement, and military forces following their return, and inhibit and prevent social reintegration. 4. Since no attempt has ever been made to isolate extremists from IDPs, refugees, and victims of ISIS crimes, including minorities or ethnic groups, in Al Hol, all children bear the long-lasting shame and stigma of ISIS proximity, whether this perception of proximity is accurate or not. 5. Paradoxically, the same policies that discourage the return of families, the social, economic, and political ostracization, exacerbate factors that contribute to extremism.

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I am glad to share the first volume of the 2023 Children Affected by the Foreign Fighter phenomenon (CAFF) series. The CAFF is an undertaking by the CRTG Working Group expounding the trajectory of child involvement with the Islamic State in relation to the foreign fighter phenomenon and offering solutions across sectors and disciplines. The present Guidelines initiate this line of thematic work in a very important area - the online ecosystem of terrorism and violent extremism. The Recommendations are categorized into three distinct sections, specifically designed to cater to the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders, including digital communications technology providers, policymakers, and non-professionals.

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The 2023 Children Affected by the Foreign Fighter Phenomenon (CAFF) Series aims to provide insight and advice for states, professionals, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders. The CAFF expounds the trajectory of child involvement with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in relation to the foreign fighter phenomenon and the life-cycle of the present scenario, offering solutions across sectors and disciplines and tackling the full range of issues it exerts. It encompasses key themes such as online safety, the Al-Hol crisis, repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation, and offers four sets of Guidelines. This line of effort by the CRTG Working Group proposes comprehensive, integrated and multi-faceted approaches to progress towards sustainable and meaningful solutions to the prolonged child protection and security crisis stemming from the issue of foreign fighters. Central to CAFF is ensuring that human rights, the rule of law, and children’s rights remain at the forefront throughout the development and implementation of interventions and programs. These syntheses of accumulated experience and expertise on selected themes provide comprehensive, detailed, and nuanced overviews of their subject matter. The present Guidelines initiate this line of thematic work by the CRTG Working Group in a very important area - the online ecosystem of terrorism and violent extremism. It is the result of CRTG Working Group specialized knowledge and draws from a CRTG Working Group-led technical session with Ms. Hallie Stern, Founder and Director of Mad Mirror Media, and Mr. Ardian Shajkovci, Co-Founder and Director of the American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute, concerned with preventing and mitigating harms against children in the digital sphere. Thus, acknowledging how ISIL and other terrorist and violent extremist actors exploit technological innovation, social media, and the Internet to entice, mobilize, recruit and radicalize children and seeking to enable appropriate responses, guaranteeing online safety and a secure online experience for all children and young people.

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I was honored to have participated in the UNICEF Innocenti roundtable on children's involvement in organized violence. It was an informative discussion, bringing together a diverse group of experts to exchange ideas on this crucial issue. The current trends in child involvement with terrorist and violent extremist groups are a major concern: 1. The recruitment and use of children by UN-designated terrorist groups have risen sharply over the past two decades. 2. The landscape of terrorism and violent extremism has become more diverse and fragmented, with actors being empowered by advances in emerging technologies, adding other layers of complexity to this issue and enhancing risks for children and young people. 3. The radicalization of children and youth has become a primary focus for terrorist and violent extremist actors, with the potential to lead to their involvement in violent activities.

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Cecilia Polizzi

I am delighted to have moderated a panel discussion on the prevention of child recruitment and radicalization in the digital environment. It was an incredibly stimulating conversation that shed light on the ways in which children are targeted online, appropriate measures to limit the spread of violent propaganda and messaging, and ensuring online safety and a secure digital experience for all children and young people.

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Cecilia Polizzi

The CRTG Working Group has concluded the first of its technical sessions, addressing issues related to children affected by the foreign fighter phenomenon. Our goal was to identify practical solutions that can help protect children navigating the digital environment, while preventing and limiting the spread of extremist ideologies online. We are grateful to our panelists and participants including Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. Co-Founder and Director of American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute (ACTRI), Hallie J. Stern Founder and Director of Mad Mirror Media, Guillaume Soto-Mayor Non-Resident Fellow CRTG Working Group, and Peta Lowe NSW JP Principal Consultant Phronesis Consulting and Training for their valuable contributions. We look forward to share our findings and contribute to policymaking and responses to children in terrorism.

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In this report, the CRTG Working Group addresses one of the most critical legal challenges pertaining to #children in #terrorism. How to classify and treat children associated with extremist actors? Are these children victims, perpetrators, or both? We offer guidance to policymakers and justice professionals in legal status determination, applicable frameworks, and intervention measures. Main discussion outcomes: - Children recruited and used by terrorist and violent extremist actors shall be considered and treated primarily as victims. - To consider and treat children primarily as victims does not imply leniency or that the child should be granted immunity for criminal acts. It rather speaks to the applicability of child rights and juvenile justice principles and standards for children in a counter-terrorism context. - Victim status does not preclude the activation of channels within the criminal justice system, provided that the child is above the Minimum Age of Criminal Accountability. - Effective counterterrorism and human rights are not to be interpreted as conflicting goals but rather as complementary and mutually reinforcing.

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