Reports

Reports​

Academic, NGO and think tank reports relevant to advocacy against counter-extremism policy, including global CVE and Britain’s Prevent strategy.

People's Review of Prevent

The People’s Review of Prevent is an alternative review to the Government Shawcross Review.

This review provides a voice to the people most impacted by the Prevent Duty.

Prevent is described as ‘safeguarding’ children from harms. However, under Prevent, safeguarding is focused on protecting the wider public from children believed to be ‘risky’, rather than protecting children from harms.

Throughout our report we present case studies that show how real these harms can be and the distress they cause to children and their families and carers.

More Reports

These reports relate to Prevent. Some feature Prevent Watch contributions, including our cases

Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law: Final report of the Independent Commission on Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice

The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is pleased to announce the publication of the final report of the Independent Commission on Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice, chaired by the Rt Hon Sir Declan Morgan KC PC, former Lord Chief...

CRIN: To Protect or Punish? Children, counter-terrorism and the criminal justice system

CRIN’s latest report shows how all stages of the UK’s counter-terrorism system threaten children’s rights in chilling ways. From pre-criminal, to pre-trial, to trial and sentencing, we need reforms and approaches that genuinely...

UN Special Rapporteur cautions against Prevent in schools in report on children’s right to a safe education

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has released the advanced edited version of their report into children’s right to be safe in education, including a paragraph relating to Prevent in schools that drew from a submission...

Runnymede Trust: Islamophobia – the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK

Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK shows that Islamophobia is growing in the UK, and highlights its structural nature across British society. Islamophobia in the UK has deep roots that manifest...

In Our Millions: A Netpol report on policing resistance against Israeli genocide in Palestine

The latest Netpol report is built on evidence from numerous witnesses, including protesters, legal observers, and arrestee support volunteers...

INDONESIA: Report on exporting Prevent exposes UK complicity in CVE rights abuse in Indonesia

A new report by Rights and Security International entitled Exporting Prevent: The UK government’s complicity in rights-violating counter-extremism programmes in Indonesia is the first of very few studies uncovering CVE rights abuse arising...

Prevent and the Pre-Crime State: How unaccountable data sharing is harming a generation

This report by Open Rights Group, supported by Prevent Watch, reveals the extent of unaccountable data sharing through Prevent through real cases and analysing responses to freedom of information requests - and the potential harms of this...

‘Scrap’ Prevent, says Amnesty report ‘This is the Thought Police’

A report by Amnesty International, illustrates that Prevent is a dangerously broken system where the vast majority of people reported do not present any threat...

The People’s Review of Prevent: A Summary of our 2022 Report

This summary is a foundational read for those seeking case-based evidence and academic review of counter-extremism, in the UK or globally...