NCJ Number
238917
Date Published
February 2012
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This report describes the 2011 activities of the United Nations' (UN's) institutes of the crime prevention and criminal justice program network, which includes the activities of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, regional and affiliated institutes, and the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council.
Abstract
Pursuant to the statute of the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, the Board of Trustees of the Institute has submitted a report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its 21st session; it contains information on the activities of the Institute in 2011. Although this report and its contents are neither presented nor summarized in the current report, the activities of the regional and affiliated institutes are summarized. The regions for which crime prevention and criminal justice activities are reported encompass Asia and the Far East, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Australia, the United States, and Korea. Reports for 20 11 are also provided for the following regional and affiliated institutes: the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science, the Naif Arab University for Security Science, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, the Institute for Security Studies, the Basel Institute on Governance, and the College for Criminal Law Science. In a separate section, the 2011 activities are reported for the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council, whose mission is to draw on the contributions of non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and other relevant entities in order to assist the United Nations in criminal justice-related program formulation and implementation.