Public Lecture(Tokyo, Japan, 25 January 2019)“International efforts to follow-up on the Doha Declaration of the Thirteenth
United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice”

Dimosthenis Chrysikos
Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch
Division for Treaty Affairs, UNODC

Paving the ground for the Doha Declaration•••

In its resolution 56/119, the General Assembly decided that each United Nations
congress on crime prevention and criminal justice shall adopt a single declaration.
Preparatory arrangements: Leading role of the Commission on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice; endorsement of Commission’s resolutions by the General
Assembly through the ECOSOC.
Consideration to the recommendations made by the Intergovernmental Group ofExperts on Lessons Learned from United Nations Congresses on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice at its meeting held in Bangkok from 15 to 18 August 2006
(endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/173 of 18 December 2007).

Paving the ground for the Doha Declaration•••

The process that leads to the Declaration goes through the preparation ofdocumentation for the Congress, which includes a Discussion Guide, as well as thereports of Regional Preparatory Meetings which take place about a year before theCongress (for the Doha Declaration, in 2014), in various regions of the world: Asiaand Pacific, Western Asia, Latin America, and Africa (and this year also Western
Europe for the Kyoto Declaration). Those RPMs discuss the issues on the agenda ofthe Congress.
The Declaration is formulated on the basis of the recommendations of the RPMs,
and the recommendations that are brought forward in the Congress documentation,
starting with the Discussion Guide. The Declaration is the product of negotiations
among Member States (informals) to arrive at an agreed language.
Need for advance planning and close coordination
with all parties involved in the preparation of theCongress, including the relevant counterparts of thehost Government and the institutes of the United
Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Programme network.

Paving the ground for the Doha Declaration••

The earlier a decision is taken by the Commission on Crime Prevention andCriminal Justice on agenda items and workshop topics, the easier it is to undertake
preparatory activities, in particular the development of the discussion guide and thearrangement of regional preparatory meetings, including consultations on theworkshop programmes with the PNI institutes, as well as with relevant nongovernmental organizations, for the organization of the ancillary meetings.
The Bangkok EGM proposed that attention needs to be paid to the nature andsignificance of potential topics for the congresses (and consequently for the contentof a future Declaration as an outcome of a congress), as follows: Issues that may require policymaking at the international level, including, if
necessary, international standard-setting; Issues with predominantly transnational
aspects or dimensions that may requiretransnational approaches and solutions; Issues of substantial concern and importanceto as many States as possible from all regions;Paving the ground for the Doha Declaration
Issues that strike a balance between crime prevention and control, on the
one hand, and criminal justice, on the other;Issues of political significance on which consensus has already beenreached, but for which a reiteration of political commitment might bewarranted or desirable, or on which progress in action by the international
community would be registered;Issues likely to command consensus for the first time; andEmerging issues that do not enjoy consensus and are not likely to do so in
the near future, but that warrant more discussion and accumulation ofknowledge.

The Doha Declaration as outcome of the Thirteenth United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice“Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations
Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule ofLaw at the National and International Levels, and Public Participation”•Endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 70/174•Common denominator: interrelation and reciprocal reinforcement between the rule oflaw and sustainable development•First time that the negotiations towards the Doha
Declaration were successfully completed before
the Congress itself.
•First time that the content of the Declarationreflected a downstream and upstream flow between thesubstantive agenda items and the workshop topics.
•First time that a political declaration of a Crime
Congress served as a basis for the development ofan operational programme.

The Doha Declaration as outcome of the Thirteenth United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice“Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations
Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule ofLaw at the National and International Levels, and Public Participation”•Critical juncture: Adoption of the Declaration in April 2015, while the discussions andnegotiations on the establishment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda at theUnited Nations had begun, but were still ongoing.
•The Doha Declaration essentially provided an added impetus to include therecognition of the interrelationship between the rule of law and sustainable
development in the final text of the 2030 Agenda,
which is most particularly reflected in the inclusionof Goal 16.

The Doha Declaration as outcome of the Thirteenth United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice“Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations
Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule ofLaw at the National and International Levels, and Public Participation”
Key commitments include, among others:•Integrity and accountability in the criminal justice system•Rehabilitation, social reintegration of prisoners•Promotion of a culture of lawfulness amongchildren and youth•Integrating crime prevention and criminal justiceand rule-of-law-related aspects into educationalsystems.
•Fostering international cooperation and addressing
new and emerging forms of crimeFollow-up to the Doha Declaration
National efforts to implement the Declaration
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: 25th, 26th and 27th sessions(2016, 2017 and 2018):•Information on the implementation of, and follow-up to, the Doha Declaration.
•Information on action taken by Member States to implement the Doha Declaration andproposals made by them for ways and means of ensuring appropriate follow-up to it.
•Accumulated knowledge and overview onlegislative developments and policy directives/
initiatives at the national level to implement theprinciples contained in the Declaration.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Doha Declaration: Milestone achievement and backbone for the Global
Programme for its Implementation

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Doha Declaration: Milestone achievement and backbone for the Global
Programme for its Implementation
Results:•Reached under the Programme: 13,000+ stakeholders – 180+ countries.
•Capacity-building for 5,400+ stakeholders from 150+ countries•Awareness-raising and advocacy reaching 8,000+ stakeholders from 180 countries•130+ events, including workshops, expert group meetings, trainings and awarenessraisings events.
•Gender distribution: 43% female; 57% male participants.
•Beneficiaries feedback: 95%+ rated quality of events as high or very high; 85%+indicated that they would apply the knowledge and skills acquired immediately.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Doha Declaration: Milestone achievement and backbone for the Global
Programme for its Implementation
Policy impact:•Resolution 35/25 of the Human Rights Council noting “with appreciation the capacitybuilding activities and specialized curricula developed”.
•Resolution 7/6 of the Conference of the States parties to the UNCAC, welcoming “thework under the Global Programme”.
•Report of the Secretary-General (A/72/175) at the 72nd session of the General
Assembly, welcoming the follow-up to the implementation of the Doha Declaration.
•Report of the Executive Director of UNODC to the Commission on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice (26th session, 2017), highlighting the Global Programme as acatalyst and a resource to help States in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
A. Strengthening judicial integrity and preventing corruption in justice systems•Objective: Strengthening standards in judicial integrity through networking, training
and technical assistance•Outcome: First ever platform for judges and stakeholders committed to strengthen
judicial integrity, access to resources andrelevant information, as well as enhanced
training possibilities on judicial conduct andethics.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
A. Strengthening judicial integrity and preventing corruption in justice systems•Global Judicial Integrity Network: first networks meeting held on 9-10 April 2018:
350+ participants from 106 countries and 40 judicial associations and relevantorganizations, 35 Chief Justices. Outcomes: TOR and Declaration adopted, Networklaunched.
•New dedicated website: news. Stories and events.
New online resource database. Restricted area for
Network participants: online forum, contact
database.
https://www.unodc.org/ji/

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
A. Strengthening judicial integrity and preventing corruption in justice systems•New tools: Judicial Ethics Training Package consisting of e-learning courses, selfdirected course and trainers’ manual. First train-the-trainers workshop for 7 pilot
countries held in March 2018.

•Technical assistance: 6 countries in 2017
received assistance in developing, revising andimplementing Codes of Conduct; 360 judges
benefited from capacity-building events.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
B. Fostering the rehabilitation and social integration of prisoners•Technical assistance : nine countries supported in establishing/improving existing
prison-based rehabilitation programmes; more than 300 prison practitioners from 49
countries trained on good practices in prisoner rehabilitation.
•Technical guidance on how to strengthen prison-based work programmes.
 Roadmap for the development of prison-based rehabilitation programmes
 Handbook on Anti-Corruption Measures in Prison.
https://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/1706140_HB_anti-corr_prisons_eBook.pdf• U.N. standards and norms on the Treatment ofPrisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules).
• Standardized electronic prisoner file management
software under development.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
B. Fostering the rehabilitation and social integration of prisoners•Global support to national brands of prison products•Roadmap for the Development of Prison-based Rehabilitation Programmes: Expert
Group Meeting (January 2017) for the review and validation of the Handbook•Feasibility study and survey on national prison brands and related technical assistanceneeds•Website on good practices in prison-based work programmes and national brands ofprison products:
https://www.unodc.org/dohadeclaration/news/index.html?tag=2432

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
C. Preventing youth crime through sports
Line Up Live Up: sports-based life skills training curriculum developed and piloted in
4 countries with 180 coaches and 1,100+ youth trained so far. 5 more countries areexpected to join. 53 sport centres/schools engaged with trainings and provided withbasic equipment to support Line Up Live Up training.
Support community-based organizations: encourage the development of innovative
initiatives around sport for prevention (small grants schemes).
Raising awareness: of the power of sports for social change andcrime prevention among policy-makers and sport/education
practitioners and mobilize youth as “agents of change”.
Outcomes:
Increased understanding on the use of sports for crime
prevention.
Capacity of sports centres/schools to address factors of crime.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
D. The “Education for Justice Initiative” (E4J)
Objective: to improve education on crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule oflaw.
Primary education: the “Zorbs” promote basic values of acceptance, fairness,integrity and respect; “Online Zoo” translated and disseminated in F, R and S; online
game on GBV “Chuka” launched on International Women’s Day.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
D. The “Education for Justice Initiative” (E4J)
Secondary education: Model UN Guide (Resource Guide for Organizing Model
United Nations Conferences that Address Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice and Other
Aspects of the Rule of Law). The Resource Guide contains seven sections relating tocore topics, an introduction and information on useful resources.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
D. The “Education for Justice Initiative” (E4J)
Tertiary education: University teaching modules on organized crime, corruption,terrorism, cybercrime, criminal justice, firearms, trafficking in persons and smugglingof migrants, as well as on integrity and ethics under development.
E4J in total:
Provision of direct capacity-building to 360 teachers at the primary, secondary andtertiary levels using E4J materials.
Awareness-raising for 5,500+ students and teachers.
Online library of resources for rule of law
educational materials under development.
Outcome: enhanced teaching on the rule of law

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration
D. The “Education for Justice Initiative” (E4J)

Partnerships:•United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):
implementation partnership for the development of teaching tools for primary andsecondary education.
•Civil society organizations: cooperation in the development of interactive educationmaterials for educators and students.
•Academia: engaged with 200+ Universities in more than 60 countries in thedevelopment and dissemination of educational materials.
End-beneficiaries actively participate in the development and piloting oftools.
Focus on ownership and regional relevance of materials.
Gender, human rights and SDGs incorporated as cross-cutting issues
in teaching materials.

Follow-up to the Doha Declaration
Epilogue: the way forward – “From Doha to Kyoto and beyond”
Need for “continuity”•The 14th Crime Congress is uniquely placed to ensure “continuity”, namely to build on
the achievements of the 13th Crime Congress and the Doha Declaration, and support theimplementation for the years 2020-2025 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development up until five years before its intended maturity, through the future Kyoto
Declaration.
•A reversed analogy in mind: “From Kyoto to Doha and beyond” referred to themultilateral negotiation and agreed course of action in the field of climate change(Kyoto Protocol-Doha Amendment-Paris Agreement).
The analogy leads to thinking of the past United
Nations congresses, as well as the forthcoming one inKyoto, as important milestones towards a much bigger
outcome, namely the implementation of the 2030
Agenda, to the extent that the rule of law contributes
substantially to achieving sustainable development.

Thank you for your attention
Contact Information:
dimosthenis.chrysikos@un.org
Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking
BranchDivision for Treaty Affairs
UNODC, Vienna