Prospects and challenges of prosecuting foreign fighters in Australia

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Braun, Kerstin. 2020. "Prospects and challenges of prosecuting foreign fighters in Australia." Kfir, Isaac and Coyne, John (ed.) ASPI counterterrorism yearbook 2020. Barton, ACT, Australia. Australian Strategic Policy Institute. pp. 39-42

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Chapter Title	Prospects and challenges of prosecuting foreign fighters in Australia
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	1276
Book Title	ASPI counterterrorism yearbook 2020
Author	Braun, Kerstin
Editors	Kfir, Isaac and Coyne, John
Page Range	39-42
Chapter Number	8
Number of Pages	4
Year	2020
Publisher	Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Place of Publication	Barton, ACT, Australia
Web Address (URL)	https://www.aspi.org.au/report/counterterrorism-yearbook-2020
Abstract	Since 2011, a large number of individuals known as ‘foreign fighters’ (FFs), have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for or support ISIS and other jihadist terrorist organisations. While estimates vary, reports in 2016 suggested that more than 36,500 fighters from 100 countries had arrived in the region, including 230 from Australia. Due mainly to ISIS’s loss of territory, a number of FFs have already returned to their countries of departure, including approximately 40 Australians. Another 80 Australians are believed to still be active in conflict zones. At the time of writing, reports indicate that around 13,000 non-Iraqi FFs and their family members, amounting to 2,000 men and 11,000 women and children, including Australian citizens, have been captured and are being detained in Syria. In the light of these developments, two questions have been asked in Australia and overseas: •Can returning fighters be properly tried in national courts? •Where should fighters currently detained in Syria and Iraq face justice?
Keywords	foreign fighters
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	480401. Criminal law
	480503. Criminal procedure
Public Notes	© The Australian Strategic Policy Institute Limited 2020.
Byline Affiliations	School of Law and Justice
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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