January 29th, 2021, UNODC report on trafficking in persons says that the number of children among detected trafficking victims has tripled in the past 15 years, while the share of boys has increased five times. Girls are mainly trafficked for sexual exploitation, while boys are used for forced labour.
In 2018 about 50,000 human trafficking victims […]
7 October 2019 – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched high-level conference on Educating for the Rule of Law in the presence of some 350 high-ranking specialists in the field of education, justice, and policy-making.
The three-day conference discussed the numerous educational tools developed together with academics around the world, which contribute […]
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, opened the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime today, urging governments to strengthen cooperative action against shared challenges.
The opening session was also addressed by the President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela […]
For 20 years, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime has been helping countries make the world safer from drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism. To do this we have a number of tools on our side, including three international drug control conventions, the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols on human […]
“Disproportionate responses do not serve the cause of justice, nor help to uphold the rule of law. In this regard, the application of the death penalty to drug-related offences has never been in the letter or the spirit of the conventions,” underscored said Yury Fedotov, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime […]
ROME – 28 October – “Last month’s adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledged that the rule of law is essential for protecting the international development agenda,” said the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov today in a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella.
“Transnational organized crime is a […]
أخبار النمسا – إتحاد الأطباء – النادي المصري – اللقاءات والمحاضرات وغيرها
محكمة الإستناف النمساوية تؤكد براءة الدكتور الحداد وتثبت حكم النصب على أحد كبار عمالقة الجالية المصرية
More than 2 billion people not adequately protected from human trafficking by their national legislation, says report; raises concern about low conviction rates
VIENNA, 24 November 2014 – UNIS – […]
Although the exploitation of children is not a new phenomenon, the digital age has exacerbated the problem and increased children’s vulnerability. At a side event during the 23rd Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a study on the effects of new technologies […]
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