A/HRC/33/29 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Human rights law and the factors and conditions contributing to the emergence of violent extremism ............................................................................................ 4 Domestic law and policy developments in the area of preventing and countering violent extremism ............................................................................................................................. 7 Best practices and lessons learned on human rights-compliant programming to prevent and counter violent extremism ........................................................................................ 10 A. Community engagement and empowerment............................................................................ 11 B. Youth engagement ................................................................................................................... 14 C. Preventing and countering violent extremism online............................................................... 15 Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 18 III. IV. V. 2