The guide highlights the importance of independent monitoring of prison-based measures to address, prevent and counter terrorism and VERLT. It provides detention monitors with background information on terrorism and VERLT in general, and in the prison context in particular (Part 1). It then explores the human rights risk areas that may arise in preventing and countering terrorism and VERLT in prisons and identifies how monitors may address these (Part 2). For each human rights risk area there are suggested questions specifically related to terrorism and VERLT in prisons for detention monitors to look into in the course of their work, as well as sections offering practical advice for detention monitors on how to prepare, undertake and follow up on their monitoring work. 12