Statements and Briefs
Position statements, briefs, pamphlets and information leaflets distributed in relation to Prevent and counter-extremism in different sectors.
The 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.
London – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has formally assessed the UK Government’s response to its 2024 recommendations on the Prevent duty as “unsatisfactory”, in a letter to the...
Last month the Home Affairs Select Committee published its report on New Forms of Extremism, and concluded that Prevent is not fit for purpose. This reflects Prevent Watch’s concerns, which we set out in our written evidence to the...
Prevent Watch notes the announcement by the Home Secretary of the appointment of Tim Jacques as the new Independent Prevent Commissioner. Prevent Watch supports the creation of this role in principle, recognising that its value will depend...
Prevent Watch had intended to respond to the government’s newly announced social cohesion action plan, Protecting What Matters – however, having reviewed the document, we find it lacks any substantive action. Many of the proposals...
Rights and Security International (RSI) and Prevent Watch back Springwatch star Chris Packham’s campaign to overhaul Ofsted’s approach to autistic people and their referral to the government’s counter-extremism scheme, Prevent. On 10 June...
New government documents obtained by Rights & Security International (RSI) in relation to Prevent monitoring show what they believe is an incoherent and underinformed approach among officials toward the referral of autistic people to...
Our final submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) can be found on the official submission site here. It outlines how the Prevent counter-extremism strategy violates the 1965...
Our final submission to the UN Report on the Right of Children to a Safe Education can be found on the official UN page here – please scroll down on inputs received click on Prevent Watch to download our submission. The report centres...
The concluding recommendations by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child take our submission into account. You can read the concluding observations here. The full Word.doc of our final submission is available for download by clicking...
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