Round table on Rehabilitation of Prisoners issues
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- Published on 17 January 2013
OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducted a Round Table on rehabilitation of prisoners convicted for commitment of the offences related to the violent extremism and terrorism.
DUSHANBE, 16 January 2013 – A round table meeting on disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration of convicted prisoners for commitment of violent extremism and terrorism-related offenses concluded today at the OSCE Office inTajikistan.
The two-day event was organized by the OSCE Office inTajikistanin partnership with the United Nations Institute for Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI), one of the five UN scientific-research specialized agencies, based inTurin,Italy.
The event brought together some 16 international experts and 5 representatives of the law enforcement agencies ofTajikistanwho discussed good practices in the prevention of extremism and radicalization in prisons, including inTajikistan.
“The discussion was the first of this kind event held in Central Asia ever,” said Alastair Livingston, the Head of the Political-Military Department of the OSCE Office inTajikistan. “The participants had an opportunity to exchange experiences and learn about the advanced international efforts to prevent violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in prisons.”
Douglas Stone, UNICRI Senior Adviser, said: “Efforts directed to detect, disrupt, pursue, detain and prosecute terrorists in order to prevent violent extremism will not be effective without countering the ideologies that enable involvement into these criminal organizations.” He stressed that the concept is also a part of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy aiming to counter the appeal of terrorism.
To remind you that the OSCE Office in Tajikistan currently implements the Violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) project, where a special attention is drawn to the cooperation in this direction between the governmental and international organizations, and the civil society.
