Resolving the Detainee Dilemma I: What Next for the Men, Women & Children of Islamic State
Where: King’s College London
When: June 16th – 17th 2022
If you would like to RSVP for this in-person event, please register here.
Provisional schedule (additional speakers will be announced shortly):
Thursday, June 16th
13:00-14:00 Arrival and registration of participants
14:00-14:10 Welcome from Dr Shiraz Maher, ICSR
14:10-14:20 Welcome from Charles Lister, Middle East Institute
14:20-14:50 Session 1: In Conversation with Ian Moss, Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State [Interview by Dr Shiraz Maher, ICSR]
14:50-15:50 Session 2: In Conversation with Diane Foley, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation [Interview by Christina Lamb OBE, The Sunday Times]
15:50-17:05 Session 3: Prosecuting Foreign Fighters
- Dr Maria Varaki, King’s College London (chair)
- Tanya Mehra LL.M, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague
- Reena Devgun, Swedish Prosecution Authority
- Dr Jessie Blackbourn, Durham University
17:05-18:05 Session 4: In Conversation with Omar Mohammed (Mosul Eye), Program on Extremism [Interview by Duncan Gardham, The Times]
Friday, June 17th
08:00-09:00 Arrival and registration of participants
09:00-10:00 Session 5: In Conversation with Anthony Loyd, The Times [Interview by Manveen Rana, The Times]
10:00-11:15 Session 6: The Women of Islamic State
- Emily Winterbotham, RUSI (chair)
- Professor Caron Gentry, Northumbria University
- Dr Anita Perešin, University of Zagreb
- Dr Elizabeth Pearson, Royal Holloway, University of London
11:15-11:45 Session 7: In Conversation with Mirza Dinnayi, Air Bridge Iraq [Interview by Ryan D’Souza, Nobody’s Listening]
11:45-12:15 Session 8: In Conversation with Jonathan Hargreaves, UK Special Representative for Syria [Interview by Charles Lister, Middle East Institute]
12:15-13:30 Session 9: Managing Terrorist Offenders
- Elisabet Modée, Swedish Prison & Probation Service (chair)
- Thomas Renard, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague
- Representative, Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security
- David Wells, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
- Paul Mott, Home Office & Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
13:30-14:30 Sandwich lunch provided
14:30-15:45 Session 10: Effective Ways of Disengaging and Reintegrating the ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’
- Dr Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, King’s College London (chair)
- Lejdi Dervishi, Albanian CVE Coordination Center
- Yanthe Gunther, Jeugdbescherming West
15:45-17:00 Session 11: Rehabilitating Returnees: Best Practices
- Anna Sherburn, The Commonwealth Secretariat (chair)
- Dr Haid Haid, Chatham House
- Kaan Mustafa Orhon, Grüner Vogel e.V.
- Pauline Picco, Paris Court of Appeal
17:00-17:30 Session 12: In Conversation with Professor Gilles Kepel, President Macron’s Special Envoy on Middle East and Mediterranean Issues [Interview by Dr Shiraz Maher, ICSR]
17:30-17:35 Closing remarks from Dr Shiraz Maher, ICSR
Throughout the conference we will be offering opportunities to participate in Nobody’s Listening: The Forgotten Voices of Sinjar; a ground-breaking virtual reality experience that transports viewers to northern Iraq using a blend of 360-degree documentary film-making, stunning Yazidi artwork and the latest virtual reality technology. A unique branching narrative set in Kocho village, Sinjar, enables users to hear from a young Yazidi woman abducted and sexually enslaved by ISIS, from her brother who survives a massacre, and from an ISIS fighter who attacks the village.
You can book your slot for this experience here.
Resolving the Detainee Dilemma II: What Next for the Men, Women & Children of Islamic State
Where: Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.
When: July 13th 2022
Updates will be published on the Middle East Institute’s website in due course.
