Civil Society Still Blocked From The UNCAC Working Group On Prevention
This is to update you on the latest steps taken by the Coalition Coordination Committee to gain government support for proposed decisions at the 5th Conference of States Parties in Panama in November. The UNCAC Coalition statement ahead of the 5th COSP has now been finalized and is attached here (for now without the Coalition letterhead). There was one change to Ask 11 after I circulated the statement to the Coalition for comment. The statement is currently being translated so that it will be available in all six UN languages and we’ll circulate all versions as soon as the translations are available. This Coalition statement has provided the basis for some Coalition advocacy ahead of the upcoming sessions of the UNCAC Working Group on Prevention and the UNCAC Working Group on Asset Recovery that will take place from Monday onwards at the UN in Vienna. These two Working Group meetings—together with the IRG meeting back in May—provide the only opportunity for States Parties to get together for in-person preparatory discussions in advance of the 5th COSP. However, according to government representatives that we have talked to, States Parties have thus far tabled neither informal proposals nor draft resolutions. Access To Information | Beneficial Ownership Transparency | Wrongful Exclusion of Civil Society Transparency International sent a Coalition letter to the Working Group on Prevention (via the Vienna Embassies of States Parties) ahead of its 3-day meeting—the letter is attached below. It calls for the Working Group to take steps in two priority areas covered by our UNCAC Coalition statement, namely on access to information and on beneficial ownership transparency. The...
Appointment of Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect
ICRtoP welcomes the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Welsh as the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect On 12 July 2013, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) announced that Dr. Jennifer Welsh from the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the University of Oxford has been appointed as Special Adviser to the UNSG on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). Dr. Welsh will be the second Special Adviser on RtoP, following Dr. Edward Luck who served in this role from February 2008 through July 2012. Dr. Welsh is currently a Professor of International Relations and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the University of Oxford. Her research has focused on the evolution of RtoP within the international community, the ethics of post-conflict reconstruction, the authority of the UN Security Council and issues surrounding the concept of sovereignty. Dr. Welsh has a Masters and Doctorate from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar and an Honors Bachelors of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. The mandate of the Special Adviser In a 2007 letter to the President of the United Nations Security Council and the 2010 Report on “Early Warning, Assessment and the Responsibility to Protect”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recognized the need to further operationalize the RtoP norm through proposing the creation of the position of the Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect. This position, acknowledgedon 11 December 2007 by the Security Council, is part-time and at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. While distinct, the responsibilities of the Special Adviser...
“Shattered Lives” Interviews Dr. Yael Danieli
June 30th, 2013 “Shattered Lives” hosts, Ladyjustice and Delilah interviewed Dr. Yael Danieli on “Mass Trauma and Re-Victiminzation from a Pioneer’s Perspective.” Dr. Danieli is the past Chair of the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and was the Advisor on Victims of Terrorism for the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2011. The interview is available as a podcast on the BlogTalkRadio.com site: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insidelenz/2013/06/29/shattered-lives. Some of the issues covered include: “A conspiracy of silence” – What is it and how does it relate to victimization? Blaming the victim – Examples- subtle and overt’ How one deals with someone else’s victimization other than mass trauma? “The second wound” those who are not there for victims explained; Implied judgments internally … the “third wound;” Media forces regarding sensationalizing a crime; Conscious versus unconscious reactions; Learning to live with it… impact on further generations; A discussion of resiliency… “I’m glad you brought that up;” The second wound/ conspiracy of silence effects the outcome when victims are supported; Types of Resiliency – not letting things effect you and/or ”coping with the shatter;” Post Traumatic Growth-developing realizations, insights about what is important to us, changing our values as a result of trauma; Yael’s most recent research re Holocaust survivors and their children; A crowning achievement – ***Building the first program to help Nazi Holocaust survivors and their children; A discussion of the psychology of hope… and Holocaust survivor, terminally ill persons and POW’s … What was revealed? The conspiracy of silence and the second wound – WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE TRAUMA (the Aftermath) IS AS SERIOUS AS...
Members Are Our Strength
We are delighted to give our members a chance to highlight their organization, their expertise and their accomplishments in the “Members and Experts” area of our site. If you are not yet a member but would like to be added to our list, please first sign-up. You can do so as a full member or an associate member*. Become A Member of the Alliance Once you are a member you can have a page on the Alliance’s site to add your organization’s logo, your picture and a 300 word synopsis of the expertise and contributions you are making to the work of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. You will just need to upload your information here. *Voting members are organizations that are in association with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and who have submitted their completed membership form and paid their membership dues. Associate members are interested parties who wish to contribute to the work of the Alliance and who have completed the membership form and paid their annual...
Call for participation in UNCAC/COSP5 (Panama)
It is my pleasure to inform you that the Fifth Session of the Conference of the States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC-COSP) will be held in Panama from 25 to 29 November 2013.
Cruel & Unusual
The University of San Francisco School of Law has produced a new report, “Cruel and Unusual U.S. Sentencing Practices in a Global Context.” You can download it right here: The Report. For those with an interest in the issue, please feel free to contact: Lani J. Virostko, JD Human Rights Fellow / Interim Project Director “Human Rights in Criminal Sentencing” Website: http://www.usfca.edu/law/clgj/criminalsentencing/ Twitter: HR_CrimSentence Center for Law and Global Justice University of San Francisco School of Law 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 422-3330...
April 18th Online Pre-Commission Consultation
Twenty-Second Crime Commission Vienna, Austria, 22-26 April 2013 In preparation for the Commission, NGOs were invited to this pre-Commission Consultation. You can listen/download the mp3 recording of the Consultation here: Click here to listen to the recording Relevant Documents and Links Report provided by USF “Cruel & Unusual” Link to all UNODC information about the 22nd Session of the Crime Commission Link to Draft Resolutions and Decisions Programme of Events including the list of side events, topics and sponsors There will be a follow-up Online Session Monday April when Michael Platzer, Chair of Vienna Alliance reviews the outcomes of the 22nd Crime Commission....
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