Notes
1 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36973354, accessed 15 May 2017.
2 https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/ctitf/en/plan-action-prevent-violent-extremism, accessed 15 May 2017.
3 https://www.ipinst.org/2016/06/investing-in-peace-and-the-prevention-of-violence-in-west-africa-and-the-sahel-sahara#3, accessed 15 May 2017.
4 https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/165173/Pillars-of-Peace.pdf, accessed 15 May 2017.
5 https://theglobalobservatory.org/2016/04/prevention-sustaining-peace-hippo-ban-ki-moon/, accessed 15 May 2017.
6 http://theglobalobservatory.org/2016/01/countering-violent-extremism-isis-libya-sahel/, accessed 15 May 2017.
7 States are required to develop such policies under Security Council resolution 2178 (2014) on Foreign Terrorism Fighters, which under paragraph 4 “Calls upon all Member States, in accordance with their obligations under international law [...] to developing and implementing prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration strategies for returning foreign terrorist fighters.” See https://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/docs/2015/SCR%202178_2014_EN.pdf.