The effective contrast to hate speech through an action of training to journalists, bloggers and social media managers is one of the primary goals of the Prism project, which organizes a workshop on responsible information on 2nd july in Florence.
At first-ever conference, UN takes aim at cyber-threats against nuclear safety
The international community must intensify efforts to protect the world’s nuclear facilities from cyberattacks, the head of the Un
UNICRI launches the International Postgraduate Expert Programme in Investigative and Legal Psychology (60 ECTS credits)
Call for Applications: Open
Application Deadline: 30 August 2015
UNICRI, in collaboration with th
UNICRI is pleased to announce the upcoming final conference of the Countering Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Illegal Trade Project (CWIT) – a project funded by the European Union under the European Community's Seventh Framework P
10th Edition of the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Crime and Justice
Call for Applications: Open
Application Deadline: 23 August 2015
UNICRI is pleased to announce the 10th edition of the
It is estimated that about 3 billion people across the planet are connected to the internet, while mobile-cellular subscriptions have reached almost 7 bi
The Georgian Interagency Coordinating Council for Countering Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats has officially approved the CBRN National Action Plan for Georgia.
Secretary-General Appoints Cindy Smith of United States as Director of United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Cindy Smith of the U
New York, 18 September 2020 - Sports have historically played a significant role in the dissemination of positive values throughout the world and across civilizations and cultures, particularly for youth. Sport is a powerful vector to facilitate integration, promote gender equality, encourage youth empowerment and support efforts aimed at preventing and countering violent-extremism and radicalization.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG), is organizing a new specialized course entitled Words Matter: a Crash Course in Stomping Out Hate Speech, which will be delivered online from 7 to 31 October 2020.
Good practices and lessons learned for a comprehensive approach to rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists offenders
The scope of this book is to present the work of UNICRI in the field of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PVE/CVE), and sharing the lessons learned and good practices developed in this area of work.
On 26 June UNICRI held a virtual course on organized crime infiltration into the legal economy. from a global perspective. The lecturers of the training were Mr. Francesco Marelli, Mrs. Mariana Diaz Garcia and Mr. Marco Musumeci.
The year 2020 marks two important landmarks in gender equality achievement: the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action and the 20th year of implementing Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic caused cancellation and postponing of many important international meetings, including a shortened version of the 64th session of the Commission on the status of women, but it is also risking to heavily jeopardize the progress made over the last years.
Within the framework of the project Tourism Security in Central America and the Caribbean, funded by the Government of Canada, and implemented by UNICRI and the Organization of American States (OAS), a Webinar on Tourism Security in times of COVID-19 was organized on 8 April 2020. The Webinar was attended by 300 participants.
