U.N. Investigators Declare 2014 ISIS Offensive Against Yazidis An Act Of Genocide

On Monday, United Nations (U.N.) investigators declared the ISIS offensive in 2014 against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq an act of genocide. Citing “clear and compelling evidence,” the U.N. concluded that ISIS developed chemical weapons and...

Rise In Terror Attacks From Gaza Threaten Israeli, Palestinian Civilians

On Monday, militants in Gaza sharply increased the intensity and volume of terrorist attacks against civilians in central and southern Israel. Anti-tank missiles, balloon bombs, and more than 1,000 rockets have been fired indiscriminately from...

Conference: Legal & Administrative Instruments to Counter the XRW Threat | MFA, Sweden

This virtual conference organized by CEP on behalf of the German Foreign Office aimed to explore this issue in greater depth. The event highlighted a range of instruments governments have found useful in countering the domestic threat posed by...

Conference: Legal & Administrative Instruments to Counter the XRW Threat | Prof. Georgiadou

This virtual conference organized by CEP on behalf of the German Foreign Office aimed to explore this issue in greater depth. The event highlighted a range of instruments governments have found useful in countering the domestic threat posed by...

Conference: Legal & Administrative Instruments to Counter the XRW Threat | Hana Šebová

This virtual conference organized by CEP on behalf of the German Foreign Office aimed to explore this issue in greater depth. The event highlighted a range of instruments governments have found useful in countering the domestic threat posed by...

Conference: Legal & Administrative Instruments to Counter the XRW Threat | Alexander Ritzmann

This virtual conference organized by CEP on behalf of the German Foreign Office aimed to explore this issue in greater depth. The event highlighted a range of instruments governments have found useful in countering the domestic threat posed by...

Conference: Legal & Administrative Instruments to Counter the XRW Threat | Carlo Chiaromonte

This virtual conference organized by CEP on behalf of the German Foreign Office aimed to explore this issue in greater depth. The event highlighted a range of instruments governments have found useful in countering the domestic threat posed by...

"'Just as the blood libel was historically used to justify horrific crimes against Jews, this type of propaganda in the United States has led to lynch mobs, among other forms of extrajudicial punishments against minorities, such as fire bombings...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS & White Supremacist Content Depicting, Encouraging Violence Found On Facebook & Instagram

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram respectively were found...

Fishmongers Hall Inquest: Week 4

Last week was the fourth week of the inquest into the deaths of two young people murdered at Fishmongers Hall, London by convicted terrorist Usman Khan. Khan was under state supervision after release from prison at the time of the attack on 29...