th168 International Senior Seminar of the United

Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Preventionof Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI)
Under the theme: “Enhancing the Rule of Law in the Field of Crime Prevention andCriminal Justice: Policies and Practices based on the UN Conventions and Standardsand Norms”

Presentation by: Ms. Lulua Asaad

Background about the United Nations Crime
Congresses and Preparations for the Fourteenth
United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention andCriminal Justice1

Congresses have been held every five years since 1955 in different parts of the world2

The United Nations Congress on Crime Preventionand Criminal Justice• Held every 5 years since 1955, under the auspice of theGeneral Assembly• Brings together States, intergovernmental organizations
and individual experts representing various professions
and disciplines• Major intergovernmental forum that has influenced
national policies and practices, and promoted international
cooperation in the area of crime prevention and criminaljustice3

A short video about the history of the Congress

Kyoto, Japan 20204

Role of the Commission on Crime Prevention and CriminalJustice• Functional Commission of ECOSOC (established by resolution
1992/1)• Membership: 40 States, elected by ECOSOC for 3 years(fact sheet website link)• Preparatory body of the UN Crime Congress:
 Prepares GA resolutions on congress preparations and followup
 Reviews discussion guide Informal consultations for the formulation of the draft textof a Declaration• Policy-making on crime prevention and criminal justice: Organized crime, corruption and terrorism
 UN standards and norms
 World crime trends and emerging issues

526th session of the CCPCJ (22-26 May 2017)

In response to request contained in GA resolution 71/94, the Commission approved aresolution, which was consequently adopted by the GA (72/192):
 The main theme of the 14th Congress The provisional agenda for the 14th Congress The issues to be considered in workshops
 Decision that the 14th Congress shall adopt a single declaration pursuant to
CCPCJ resolution 59/119

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Action proposed to be taken by the General Assembly● Calls upon Member States to: Actively participate in the regional preparatory meetings
 Undertake preparations for 14th Congress at an early stage(national preparatory committees) Be represented at the highest possible level Encourages relevant UN agencies and programmes, IGOs andNGOs to cooperate with UNODC in the preparations● Calls upon the Secretary-General to: Encourage the participation of representatives from relevant UN entities
 Facilitate the organization of ancillary meetings
 Prepare a discussion guide for regional preparatory meetings (incooperation with the institutes of the UN crime prevention andcriminal justice network)

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Fourteenth Crime Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal JusticeJapan will be hosting the 14th Crime Congress inApril 2020, 50 years after the 4th Congress held in
Kyoto in 1970

89Fourteenth Crime Congress on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice
The Fourteenth Congress presents the international community with a unique opportunity to undertakea comprehensive stocktaking exercise, with a view to charting the way forward towards the role that the criminal justicesystem and the institutions comprising it can play as the infrastructure for the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals:- Nature of the Congress.
- The Fourteenth Congress, more particularly, comes at an important time in the life of the Sustainable Development Agenda.
- The Fourteenth Crime Congress returns to Kyoto, Japan, fifty years after the Fourth Congress was held there in 1970. TheFourth Congress was ground-breaking in many ways.
- Finally, The overall theme of the Fourteenth Congress, as well as its comprehensive provisional agenda, as determined by
the General Assembly, covers a broad range of crime prevention and criminal justice issues

10Substantive Agenda Items and Workshop Topics for theFourteenth United Nations Congress11

Visit www.unodc.org
for further
information on theCongress

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The Doha Declaration• Adopted in 2015 at the 13th UN Congress Congress onCrime Prevention and Criminal Justice• Commitment to: prevent and counter corruption, enhancetransparency in public administration, and promote
integrity and accountability in the criminal justice system• 2016 – Global Programme for Promoting a Culture of
Lawfulness launched to support implementation of theDeclaration

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The four components of theDoha Declaration Global Programme

Education for
Justice

JudicialIntegrity

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Prisoner
Rehabilitation

Prevention of Youth
Crime throughSports

Education forJustice15

Promoting a culture of lawfulness and the rule of law
through education

The Education for Justice (E4J) initiative seeks to prevent crime and promote a culture of lawfulness
through education activities designed for primary, secondary and tertiary levels. These activities will help
educators teach the next generation to better understand and address problems that can undermine therule of law and encourage students to actively engage in their communities and future professions in thisregard.

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Education for Justice (E4J)

Primary level approach: Value-based and skills education to support creating
non-tolerance of crime and violence and helping children to solve ethical dilemmas.

Secondary level approach: Promote the understanding of the basic concepts
that lie at the core of UNODC-mandated areas and empower YouthTertiary level approach: Support academics to teach in the fields of UNODCmandated areas covering organized crime, corruption, terrorism prevention,cybercrime, criminal justice, trafficking of firearms, trafficking in persons, andthe smuggling of migrants, as well as on integrity and ethics.

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Practical approaches and examples on promoting a Culture ofLawfulness through the E4J initiative18

Practical approaches and examples onpromoting a Culture of Lawfulness
through the E4J initiative19

Practical approaches and examples on promoting a Culture ofLawfulness through the E4J initiative20

Practical approaches and examples on promoting a Culture ofLawfulness through the E4J initiative

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More information

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e4j@unodc.org

unodc.org/dohadeclaration

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