ABSTRACT
The national Counterterrorism Law in China and the various local laws, such as the Regulation on Deradicalisation, adopted by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, lay a legal foundation for a rehabilitation (or deradicalisation) strategy with three components: custodial rehabilitation, post-imprisonment rehabilitation, and social rehabilitation. Both in law and in practice, the rehabilitation campaign relies heavily on community participation and engagement. The campaign pursues a systemic, comprehensive strategy, adopts diverse methods, deploys multifaceted programmes, highlights community engagement, involves an experimental undertaking, and remains a regional initiative. The greatest challenge is to create effective programmes that incorporate the religious, educational, occupational, and other aspects of rehabilitation best suited to China’s unique situation.
