While the world’s attention appropriately focuses on the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, the threat of violent extremism remains, and has in some circumstances been exacerbated during the crisis.

National action plans are not easily comparable–some follow UN guidelines more than others, many incorporate existing national legislation and all intend to respond to the national context. GCERF Executive Director.

GCERF Executive Director, Khalid Koser, spoke to Stuff a year on from the Christchurch mosque attacks.