‘Glorification of terror’ helps dissidents recruit in Derry: NIAC told
‘Glorification of terror’ helps dissidents recruit in Derry: NIAC told
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00:00 The glorification of terrorism is of course should be a crime
00:03 But yet we see it used in very cultural deliberately cultural and political ways
00:09 And the recruitment then side of things?
00:13 I think that the recruitment, you know, if you look at certain areas particularly
00:18 In Derry, London Derry, it fires up the recruitment drive within dissonant Republican
00:25 organizations
00:27 And of course, Republicanism has a history of splitting
00:31 Much more so than the loyalist paramilitary groups
00:35 And so I think that it really
00:39 How that is used
00:42 In a ritualistic sense does feed recruitment, and I think we need to be very mindful of that
00:50 now as I've said
00:54 Perhaps not the intent but certainly for dissonant Republican groups it is the intent
00:58 DDR whenever I first looked at the UN best practice and I did lead
01:05 community
01:08 Community-based project where we took
01:10 People from Republican loyalist communities in Belfast and Derry, London Derry out to the Middle East to learn from
01:17 others from around the world
01:19 And DDR meant something very specific
01:22 Amnesty on weapons handing in weapons demobilizing the troops and giving them some kind of paid employment or integrating them into the local economy
01:31 We've now moved on since then we've second generation DDR where it's been
01:38 Looked at it more comprehensively as a strategy that ties us into an overarching political process