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The Hague, 14 June 2019: The 2nd edition of the Hackathon for Peace, Justice and Security will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands from 14-16 June. Organized by the Municipality of The Hague, participants are invited to use their skills in artificial intelligence to hack for peace, justice and security by solving real world problems. UNICRI, through its Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, has joined this initiative, becoming a challenge owner alongside Translators Without Borders and the National Rapporteur for Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children.

 

Cross-border capital movements that serve to conceal illegal activities or evade taxation have been recently placed at the centre of the international agenda. Trade misinvoicing, profit shifting by multinational corporations, and offshore bank deposits to conceal the proceeds of crime or simply to avoid taxes, all deprive national treasuries of much needed resources.

30 seconds of your time to promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and explain the interdependence between human rights, justice and security and development

We do not need more security to tackle crime; we need human rights to be respected. The more people are protected, the more their rights are promoted, the more we can live in a secure and prosperous word, free from organized crime, violent extremism, abuses and exploitation.

Food security

Rome (Italy) 13-17 May 2019 - Application deadline 29 April 2019

How to apply

“The world’s population is projected to increase by slightly more than one billion people over the next 13 years, reaching 8.6 billion in 2030, and to increase further to 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100.” (World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision. New York: United Nations).

Activities of the United Nations system in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

The General Assembly, in its resolution 70/291, requested the Secretary-General to submit a report no later than April 2018 on progress made in the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, including suggestions for the future implementation of the Strategy by the United Nations system.

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