Law and Crime Prevention

UNODC

UN anti-drug conference offers ‘opportunity to chart a better and balanced path’ forward – UN chief

12 March 2018
Global

Inclusive partnerships are essential to addressing drug challenges and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the top United Nations panel dealing with all aspects of narcotic drugs.

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN rights chief denounces ‘unacceptable’ charges of terrorism by Philippine’s Duterte against UN expert

9 March 2018
Asia Pacific

Flinging terrorism charges at a United Nations human rights expert is just one act in a litany of profane and inflammatory comments made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte against the rapporteur, prompting the UN rights chief to questions the leader’s mental stability.

UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Sea boundaries treaty by Australia and Timor-Leste ‘example to follow’ – UN chief

6 March 2018
Asia Pacific

Australia and Timor-Leste on Tuesday signed a bilateral maritime boundaries treaty, which United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a ground-breaking event that could inspire other countries to peacefully settle disputes through mediation.

FAO/Giulio Napolitano

In crisis-torn Sahel, UN anti-drugs and crime agency helps bolster justice system

1 March 2018
Africa

Africa’s vast Sahel – plagued by humanitarian crises, armed conflict and terrorism – is now witnessing improvements in its criminal justice system thanks to a special programme by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which assists Governments in the region to come together to fight corruption, and human and drug trafficking.

UNAMA/Zachary Golestani

Afghanistan: UN mission welcomes new penal code, urges measures to protect women from violence

22 February 2018
Middle East

While welcoming the entry to force of a new Penal Code in Afghanistan as a having the “potential to trigger real change,” the United Nations mission in the country said on Thursday that it is concerned by the removal of the chapter penalizing violence against women.

UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

ICC to open separate initial examinations of Philippines ‘war on drugs;’ Venezuela protests

8 February 2018
Global

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Thursday that she will open preliminary examinations into the so-called “war on drugs” campaign launched by the Government of the Philippines and, separately analyze alleged crimes committed by Venezuela related to the demonstrations and ongoing political unrest there.