A toolkit for local authorities
Contacts
Current Affairs Committee
Sedef Cankoçak
Tel : +33 3 88 41 21 10
NIACRO’s practice is located at the Hate Crime end of the spectrum of radicalisation and violent extremism, and can be evidenced in three projects. These are detailed below but essentially could be described as di-versionary, community capacity building, engaging with perpetrators and utilising the experiences and in-sights of proxy and actual victims. The practice across these three projects is based on casework, group work as well as community development. The practice has a strong connection to overcoming legislative, structural and attitudinal by engaging a wide range of social actors.
As stated previously NIACRO has developed practice across three areas dealing with prejudice and hostility. Northern Ireland is still emerging from a period of intense and prolonged conflict which is still continuing in alternative but still physically violent manifestations. NIACRO has continually made the point that the radicalisation discourse does not sit comfortably in the Northern Ireland context. It is still a society that experiences significant amounts of violence based on prejudice and hostility on a daily basis. NIACRO deals with these issues on many levels as described above but the language of exit strategies such as de-radicalisation and disengagement are not used in Northern Ireland.
As stated above Northern Ireland does not use the language of countering radicalisation as directly and ex-plicitly. However, NIACRO does deal directly with the causes of having armed paramilitary groupings and has a history of working with these groupings, their political wings and governments in terms of dealing with the NI conflict and its outworking.
Contact details:
4 Amelia Street
Belfast
Northern Ireland BT2 7GS
United Kingdom
Pat Conway – Director of Services
Tel: (+44) (2890) 320157