Signing of the agreement between the two UN entities
UNICRI and the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) signed an agreement establishing a framework for their cooperation.
United Nations Headquarters, New York Conference Room 11
2 April 2019, h:15.00 – 18.00
UNICRI, together with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and
On 27 March 2019, UNICRI and Global Affairs Canada signed a multi-year agreement for the implementation of the project “Enhancing capacities to prevent the trafficking of radiological and nuclear (RN) material in the Middle East.”
A new report “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Law Enforcement” has been published by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute’s (UNICRI), Centre for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, and Innovation Ce
Joint meeting at the European Parliament hosted by Member of the European Parliament Ana Gomes and co-organised with UNICRI
Political violence and societal extremism worldwide are neither diminishing nor contained and continue to represe
UNICRI and SICPA sign a new agreement
On 29 January 2019 UNICRI and SICPA signed a multi-year agreement for the new phase of the UNICRI project on Security through Research, Technology and Innovation (SIRIO).
On 9 – 10 August UNICRI participated in the 2018 Meeting of Experts of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) held at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva.
On 7 December 2017, Italy, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) organized a Side Event at the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties (BWC MSP) entitled “Alignin
The mitigation of biological risks in Africa, in the wake of the West Africa Ebola crisis (2014-2016), has been the focus of the two-day African Regional Conference, co-
Combating crimes that have serious impacts on the environment: state of knowledge on approaches
Expert Meeting
An Expert Meting focusing on approaches to combat crimes that have serious impacts on the environment was jointly or
Signing of the Host Country Agreement
On Thursday 7 September, the Director of UNICRI, Cindy Smith, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the International Organizations, Johan van der Werff, signed the Host Country Agr
On the 3rd of June, UNICRI held the virtual kick-off meeting for the CONTACT – Southeast Asia project, “Enhancing capacities to prevent the trafficking of radiological and nuclear material in the Southeast Asia region”.
B рамках Инициативы Центров передового опыта Европейского Союза по снижению химических, биологических, радиологических и ядерных рисков (ЦПО ЕС по ХБРЯ) 1-3 июня 2021 года состоялось 14-е Региональное совещание за круглым столом для Центральной Азии. Мероприятие проводилось в гибридном формате: онлайн и в очной форме в городе Алматы, Республика Казахстан, с соблюдением соответствующих протоколов COVID-19. Это было первое совещание для Республики Казахстан, которая присоединилась к Инициативе ЦПО ЕС по ХБРЯ в ноябре 2020 года.
Within the framework of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence (EU CBRN CoE) Initiative, the 14th Round-Table Meeting (RTM) for Central Asia took place on 1-3 June 2021. The event was held in hybrid format: online and in person in the city of Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, abiding by the COVID-19 safety protocols. It was the first RTM for the Republic of Kazakhstan, which joined the EU CBRN CoE Initiative in November 2020.
CARICOM States will soon benefit from enhanced global tools and expertise related to research, delivery of training, capacity building, technical assistance and policy support to assist in reducing criminality and countering terrorism in the Region, through an enhanced collaboration between the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS).
Within the framework of the project Tourism Security in Central America and the Caribbean, funded by the Government of Canada, and implemented by UNICRI and the Organization of American States (OAS), a Webinar on Tourism Security in times of COVID-19 was organized on 8 April 2020. The Webinar was attended by 300 participants.
There is no denying that since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has prominently sat at the centre of public attention across the globe and will continue to dominate the news cycle - for good reason - for the foreseeable future.
In the last decade, many terrorist attacks have been perpetrated in public places against soft targets. Attacks against sports events are particularly hideous as sports have historically played a significant role in the dissemination of positive values across civilizations and cultures, especially for young people.