News and Events
Periodic updates on key project events and news highlights on the global joint initiative on the management of violent extremist prisoners and the prevention of radicalization to violence.
2023
2022
2021 and earlier
- Civil Society’s Role in Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Prisoners: a First-Ever CSO’s National Retreat in Tunisia
- Prisons as Places of Vulnerability
- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG) address threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) through technical assistance to law enforcement, corrections, and justice sector
- UNODC and Prison Service of Tajikistan co-operate to address Foreign Terrorist Fighters Threats in Prison
- Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) Bespoke Course Finalized In Uganda
- UNODC and Partners Support Uganda in Developing Tools for Preventing Violent Extremism in Prisons
- UNODC Highlights Achievements of the Joint Global Initiative on Preventing Violent Extremism in Prisons
- Kazakhstan Prison Service Rolls Out UNODC’s Interactive E-Learning Course on the Nelson Mandela Rules
- UNODC Donates High Dependence Unit Medical Equipment To Uganda Prisons Valued At USD 25,000
- Prisoner classification framework and related tools workshop successfully held in Uganda
- Uganda meeting examines promising practices in rehabilitating and reintegrating of prisoners, including violent extremist ones
- Tunisia: Strengthening partnership to prevent violent extremism in prisons - story here.
- Joint Global Initiative on Preventing Violent Extremism in Prisons - Highlights 2020 Success.
- Building synergies between global and national initiatives on preventing violent extremism in prisons of Tunisia - here.
- Building partnerships to defeat COVID-19 in prisons of Tunisia - here.
- Uganda develops new tools for assessing the risks and needs of prisoners.
- Validating Training Modules on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons of Uganda.
- Global Joint Initiative on Preventing Violent Extremism in Prisons continues support during COVID 19 pandemic - here.
- Online Art Masterclass held for prisoners on the basics of painting in prisons of 5 regions of Kazakhstan in partnership with the Prison Committee devoted to International Nelson Mandela Day - here.
- Online courses of Nelson Mandela Rules by over 1,100 prison officers and representatives of Kostanay Police Academy of Kazakhstan - here.
- Virtual launch of Prison Staff Training Center on prevention of extremism - here and here.
- Major donation to boost COVID-19 response in Uganda's prisons - here.
- Kazakhstan Prison Service rolls out UNODC’S Interactive E-Learning Course on the Nelson Mandela Rules - here.
- Uganda develops Prisoner Classification Framework - here.
- Uganda strengthens capacity of Prison Officers to address violent extremism in prisons - here.
- The EU, the UN and the Netherlands Support Social Reintegration of Prisoners in Kazakhstan: Visit to Karagandy Region - here.
- EU-UN Joint Initiative on Violent Extremist Prisoners facilitates Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Strategies in Kazakhstan - here.
- Kazakhstan, EU and UN Jointly Addressing Violent Extremism in Prisons - here.
- Kazakh Prison Officers Studied the Basics of Prison Security Audit in Prison Facilities - here.
- Uganda joins global UNODC programme to prevent violent extremism in prisons - here.
- Uganda, UN and EU launch joint initiative to counter violent extremism in prisons - here.
- Uganda, UN Delivers Workshop on Prison Classification under Joint Global Programme to Prevent Violent Extremism in Prisons - here.
- Tunisia joins global UNODC programme to prevent violent extremism in prisons - here.
- EU-UN Joint Programme Unites Efforts with the Government of Kazakhstan in Preventing the Spread of Violent Extremism Ideology in Prisons - here.