Summary of human rights risk area 3: Rehabilitation and reintegration programmes 86 • If specific VERLT-related reintegration and rehabilitation programmes are provided (in addition to general rehabilitative programmes), these should not be limited to a single form of VERLT, but include rehabilitative programmes addressing all forms of VERLT, including religious as well as extreme right or ethno-nationalist motivations and manifestations. • Targeted interventions should seek to change an individual’s violent or otherwise unlawful behaviour (“disengagement”). They should not be focused on changing an offender’s religion, political stance, beliefs, or ideology (“de-radicalization”). • Individuals charged with or convicted of terrorism and (suspected) violent extremist prisoners should not be denied their right to participate in rehabilitative and work programmes while in prison. • Access to rehabilitation and reintegration programmes must not be discriminatory. There should be gender-sensitive and gender-appropriate programmes for women available that are not based on gender stereotypes. • Participation in disengagement programmes should not be dependent on the individual’s assigned risk profile. • Participation in disengagement programmes must be strictly voluntary, be provided on the basis of informed consent and not be coerced. Refusal to participate should not result in punitive actions, including harsher conditions of detention, ill-treatment or torture. • To facilitate reintegration, detainees convicted of terrorism- and violent extremism-related offences should be progressively moved to less restrictive prison settings, based on periodic risk and needs assessments. They should be supported to maintain or re-establish contact with supportive family members, friends and communities prior to release.