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alliance meetings

Bi-Monthly Meetings
Friday 8th January 2010
Working Parties: 12:00 PM ~ 1:00 PM
General Meeting: 1:00 PM ~ 3:00 PM
Where: 777 UN Plaza
Please check in the lobby for the room we will be in.

upcoming events

Preparations for the 12th United Nations Crime Congress

The 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will be held in Salvador, Brazil from 12th - 19th April 2010 with pre-Congress consultations to be held 11th April 2010.

NGO and Ancillary meetings will be coordinated by UNICRI and ISPAC. More information will be forthcoming. THose interested in staying updated on developments regarding the Congress are invited to join an email list intended to share documents and information as a joint Vienna and NY Alliance list can visit this group's homepage or email the group at: crime-alliance@googlegroups.com NEW

Check the ISPAC Calendar

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The Alliance...

  • Fosters humane policies, encouraging the development of effective crime prevention and criminal justice strategies and practices domestically and globally.
  • Encourages cooperation between members of the community of nations in addressing shared justice.
  • Advocates respect for the human dignity and the rights of crime victims as well as those accused of criminality; and
  • Works to advance the protection and restoration of the well being of all persons and communities affected by criminality.
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    information center
    Have questions? Ask Gary at the Alliance Information Center

    Gary Hill of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme can help you with questions about the Alliance as well as general criminal justice questions.
    online resources
    Violence Against Women
    Ending Violence Against Women: From Words to Action
    Study of the Secretary General (2006). Now available for download as a pdf file.


    		UNODC Project AFGH/S47 — Afghanistan:
    Female prisoners and their Social Reintegration: Developing Post-Release Opportunities for Women and Girl Prisoners, March 2007.
    Available as a PDF Document
    Other UNODC Projects in Afghanistan can be reviewed here
    Handbook of basic principles and promising practices on Alterantives to Imprisonment.
    This e-book is another of a number of tools and manuals being developed to assist States in operationalizing standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice.

    UNODC releases its flagship publication,
    World Drug Report 2008

    26 June 2008 - The World Drug Report 2008, the UNODC flagship publication, was launched in New York today by Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa. The report shows that the recent stabilization in the world drugs market is under threat because of a surge in opium and coca cultivation in rebel-held areas of Afghanistan and Colombia. Higher drug use in developing countries could also undermine recent progress in drug control. [Read More]

     

    What is the role of criminologists in informing United Nations public policy?

    Cindy Smith, Chair of the Division of International Criminology of the American Society of Criminology, reflects on how the UN's Crime Commission develops its resolutions. That is, how public policy is being shaped and the role of criminologiests. <--more--

    UNODC Annual Report 2008

    The UNODC Annual Report for 2008 is available <--here-->