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Projects

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EUKH Project

Ongoing Projects

EU Knowledge Hub

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Ongoing Projects

Security Coordination and Programme Enhancement (SCOPE)

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Completed Projects

Prosecuting for Linkages between Terrorism and Core International Crimes in Indonesia 2023-2024

PERSIST

Ongoing Projects

PERSIST

IOM

Completed Projects

Prosecution, Rehabilitation, Reintegration (PRR) and Case Management in Iraq

RAN Project

Completed Projects

Radicalisation Awareness Network Policy Support

Summer Programme

Ongoing Projects

Summer Programmes

FTF Hub

Ongoing Projects

Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

RAN Project

Completed Projects

RAN Policy Support in the Western Balkans

PRR Female FTFs

Completed Projects

Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Female Violent Extremist Offenders in Europe

PREPARE

Completed Projects

PREPARE

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Completed Projects

Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (PRR) Practices in Iraq

Women and children

Completed Projects

Reintegrating Returnee Spouses and Children

Utrecht Municipality

Completed Projects

Utrecht Ideology Action Plan

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Completed Projects

Rehabilitation & Reintegration Support to the Kosovo Probation Service

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Completed Projects

Threat Assessments

RAN 2012 Project

Completed Projects

Radicalisation Awareness Network 2012

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Completed Projects

Engaging Civil Society in Rehabilitation

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Completed Projects

Foreign Fighters Workshops

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Completed Projects

Support to the GCTF Foreign Terrorist Fighter Working Group

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Completed Projects

Pathways to Becoming a Foreign Fighter: Tunisia

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Completed Projects

Capacity-Building in Risk Assessment, Rehabilitation and Reintegration

GCTF Agreement

Completed Projects

Development of the Addendum of the Hague-Marrakech Memorandum

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Completed Projects

The Foreign Fighters Phenomenon in the European Union

Completed Projects

Foreign Fighters: Integrating Rehabilitation into Criminal Justice

Events

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Candles webinar

ICCT Live Webinar: The Role of Transitional Justice in the Context of Counter-Terrorism: Opportunities and Challenges

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ICCT Live Briefing: Spill-over effects of Israel-Hamas conflict: Impacting the narratives in Europe, Africa, West-Balkans and the rest of the Middle East

Female Jihadis Facing Justice

Book Launch: "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Live Briefing: Foreign Fighters in Ukraine

ICCT Live Briefing: Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Myths and Realities

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ICCT Live Briefing: The Repatriation of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Their Families: Why Not?

High Level Panel: The Use of Administrative Measures in the Context of Foreign Terrorist Fighters

Book Launch: "Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond"

Launch of Report: Foreign Fighters in the EU

ICCT Networking Event "Combining Efforts in Counter-Terrorism"

2015 Summer Programme on Countering Terrorism

24 Aug, 2015 - 28 Aug, 2015

De vreemde strijder: Buitenlandse inmenging in burgeroorlogen

De vreemde strijder: Buitenlandse inmenging in burgeroorlogen

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'Exodus' of European Foreign Fighters to Syria

Multimedia

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Letta in the media

January 30, 2026

In the media: Letta Tayler on the mass transfer of IS detainees from Syria to Iraq

Christophe Paulussen in the media

January 23, 2026

In the Media: Christophe Paulussen on the transfer of IS (Islamic State) detainees in northeastern Syria.

Thomas in the media AFP and De Morgen

January 21, 2026

In the media: Thomas Renard on the recent clashes between Kurdish forces and the Syrian army, and the potential implications of the jihadist detained by the Kurds in the region.

Thomas in the media

January 19, 2026

In the Media: Thomas Renard on the situation of foreign terrorist fighters detained in Syria

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August 25, 2025

Quarterly Updates: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

Tanya Mehra Domani

In the Media: Tanya Mehra on the Repatriation of ISIS Foreign Fighters and Families

Annual Report Press Release

ICCT Releases its Annual Report 2024

EUKH Demuynck

Méryl Demuynck selected as a member of the EU Knowledge Hub Thematic Panel on the Management of Foreign Terrorist Fighters

Blue Sky AI Workshop

November 18, 2024

ICCT Hosted Blue Sky AI Workshop

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October 17, 2024

Quarterly Updates: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

Europol ECTC

August 19, 2024

Europol appoints ICCT Director to the steering committee of the ECTC Advisory Network

Adrian Shtuni NATO Defense college

August 12, 2024

In the media: Adrian Shtuni on ISIS-inspired attack outside Israeli Embassy in Belgrade

ICCT Annual Report 2023

ICCT Releases its Annual Report 2023

Holding ISIL Accountable: Prosecuting Crimes in Iraq and Syria

ICCT Press New Book - Holding ISIL Accountable: Prosecuting Crimes in Iraq and Syria

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In the media: Thomas Renard on Isreal's strategy against Hamas

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ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Adrian Shtuni

In the media: Adrian Shtuni on the why Putin is attempting to link Ukraine to the Moscow terror attack

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In the media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

February 27, 2024

Quarterly Updates: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

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February 22, 2024

In the media: Adrian Shtuni on the impact of the Israel-Gaza conflict in the Western Balkans

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February 21, 2024

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra on the Trial of Dutch IS Women

24 Heures

February 14, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 13, 2024

ICCT in the Media: Kacper Rekawek on Nepalese foreign fighters in the Russian Army

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February 13, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 09, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 08, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 02, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 02, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 02, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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February 02, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

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January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice Media

January 31, 2024

ICCT in the Media: ICCT Press Book "Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe"

Female Jihadis Facing Justice

January 30, 2024

ICCT Press New Book - Female Jihadis Facing Justice: Comparing Approaches in Europe

FTF Knowledge Hub

November 17, 2023

Quarterly Updates: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

Thomas Renard France TV

ICCT in the Media: Thomas Renard on Syrian Incarceration Camps

FTF Hub

January 31, 2023

Now Live: The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

julie vice interview

ICCT in the Media: Julie Coleman on ISIS fighters in prison in Northeast Syria

thomas mondiaal nieuws interview

ICCT in the Media: Thomas Renard on Foreign Fighters and the Kurdish YPG

joana bbc world news interview

February 03, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Joana Cook on the Challenges that the Children of FTF's Face

thomas swedish radio interview

February 03, 2022

ICCT in the Media: Thomas Renard on the Prosecution of Young FTF's and their Families

julie danish radio interview

ICCT in the Media: Julie Coleman on the Repatriation of Foreign Fighters

tanya BIRN interview

August 20, 2020

ICCT in the Media: Tanya Mehra Interviewed by BIRN

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August 14, 2019

Senior Research Fellow Liesbeth van der Heide in The New York Times

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Senior Project Leader Tanya Mehra in The New York Times

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Renske van der Veer on Aljazeera Balkans

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Research Fellow Christophe Paulussen and Rumyana van Ark on dealing with foreign terrorist fighters (French)

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February 20, 2019

Research Fellow Christophe Paulussen on the Shamima Begum case

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January 09, 2019

Renske van der Veer in talkshow Jinek (Dutch)

MERIT newsflash

February 20, 2018

Colin P. Clarke's RAND Blog: Erdogan's Fatal Blind Spot

Core staff

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Menso Hartgers

Research Fellow and Deputy Team Leader Security Coordination and Programme Enhancement (SCOPE)

Associate Fellows

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Sharon Weill

Sharon Weill

Associate Fellow, Rule of Law Responses to Terrorism

Kamaran Palani

Associate Fellow, Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism

Merlina Herbach

Associate Research Fellow, Rule of Law

Jessica Dorsey

Associate Fellow, Rule of Law Responses to Terrorism

Amy-Jane Gielen

Associate Fellow, Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism and M&E Centre of Excellence

Liesbeth van der Heide

Associate Fellow, Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism

Christophe Paulussen

Associate Fellow

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Alastair Reed

Associate Fellow, Current and Emerging Threats

Adrian Shtuni

Associate Fellow, Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism

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Tanya Mehra

Senior Research Fellow and Programme Lead

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Julie Coleman

Associate Fellow, Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism