International legislation and the experience of foreign countries in countering religious extremism

Introduction: the article considers and analyses experience of foreign states in the sphere of counteraction to religious extremism, and also participation in this activity of various international organizations, such as UN, CIS, CSTO and Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It's noted that Western countries such as USA, France, Germany, Great Britain have developed skills of counteraction to this threatening social - political phenomenon as religious extremism. Countries of Central and Central Asia, where efforts are also underway, should study and apply these skills. The article shows that the fight against religious extremism is not limited to government agencies. Various non - governmental organisations, civil society and think - tanks are active in this area. Materials and Methods: the study is based on international normative legal acts and the legislation of foreign countries, namely the resolutions and declarations of the UN General Assembly, the Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism; a model law "On Combating Extremism" has been adopted in the framework of the CIS. Various methods constitute the methodological basis of the study. First of all, it is a dialectical method, methods of knowledge: synthesis, analysis, induction, deduction, analogy, hypothesis, as well as private scientific methods used in law enforcement: historical, logical - legal, statistical, comparative - legal and others. The Results of the study: Consist in a comprehensive analysis of the current state, development prospects and problematic aspects of the specifics of countering religious extremism both at the international level and on the basis of the legislation of foreign countries. The recommendations developed and formulated in the article will be aimed at improving the activities of the Department of Internal Affairs in the fight against religious extremism. Findings and Conclusions: stated in the article can be used in the educational process of higher educational institutions of humanitarian and legal profile, advanced training of law - enforcement bodies. The analysis of the normative base on the issues of counteraction to extremism reveals that in all normative acts "extremism" is presented exclusively from religious, racial and nationalist points of view, with the absence of a political component. There is no unified approach to defining the phenomenon of "extremism" in international law. When systematising the adopted international legal acts in the field of countering extremism, the development and approval of a specific and correct definition of "extremism" is considered to be the most clear and promising solution. While studying international experience in combating extremism, two variants of development of domestic legal mechanism in combating this phenomenon are proposed. The question of education of young generation in non - proliferation of radical trends is touched upon. The absence of a specific global strategy to counteract radicalism and extremism can lead to irreversible consequences.