| dc.description.abstract | The past decade has seen the rise of a new threat, a state’s own radicalised citizens
committing terrorist atrocities for a global cause. To respond to this threat, successive
UK governments have introduced Prevent strategies in an attempt to counter the
factors that lead to radicalisation. In 2015 the Coalition Government went further,
introducing a specific legal duty (s 26(1) Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015).
This duty requires specified authorities to have due regard to the need to prevent
people from being drawn into terrorism. This article explores the requirements of the
duty and its compatibility with the ECHR. Overall it is argued that rather than building
on the Prevent strategies, the Prevent Duty has both accentuated the limitations of the
strategies, while at the same time also creating new problems, both of which are likely
to prove counter-productive and thus ultimately undermine the UK’s ability to prevent
terrorism. | en_GB |
