The Return of the Foreign Fighters and their Families to their Homeland: Existing Practices and Considerations Regarding Security and Human Rights
The Return of the Foreign Fighters and their Families to their Homeland: Existing Practices and Considerations Regarding Security and Human Rights

Author(s): Katerina Christoforaki
Subject(s): Politics, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centar za Sigurnosne Studije
Keywords: ISIS; security; foreign fighters; military policy; return; human rights;
Summary/Abstract: The creation of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has attracted an unprecedented flow of thousands of people from more than 100 countries all over the world to join their cause. After the fall of the so-called caliphate, the countries involved have to deal with the aftermath of the conflict and the future threat of the resurgence of ISIS or other terrorist groups. The people who volunteered and joined ISIS might pose a security threat in the future. This paper aims to examine the different approaches that countries have taken regarding the return of foreign fighters (FFs) and their families who joined ISIS to their homeland. This is a multidimensional and complex matter since it has legal, moral, and political implications, and therefore the decisions in this regard are never unanimous, nor do they come without criticism and opposition.

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