UNICRI is participating in the EU-wide project “Addiction and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe: Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP)”, a five year research project which brings together participants from 43 research institutions in 25 Europea
The demand for knowledge and expertise to address the issues of security and crime prevention in cities is vast. And yet, so is the experience and the results that have been achieved by local authorities and their citizens.
UNICRI has a long standing record in research, training and technical assistance projects aimed at promoting social justice in the attainment of human development.
Mainstreaming gender and promoting vulnerable groups’ access to health and social services
Conclusion of workshop on DAWN
The final workshop of Project DAWN (Drugs, Alcohol and Women Network) organized by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in cooperation with the Department of Anti-drug Policies of the Government of Italy) on 5th July, saw the participation of delegates from the partner countries, Italian governmental institutions and experts from the academia and the civil society organizations.
Un atelier de formation sur les discours et les crimes haineux se tiendra à Paris du 13 au 15 Avril 2016. L'événement est organisé par l’Institut interrégional de recherche des Nations Unies sur la criminalité et la justice (UNICRI), en collaboration avec La Ligue de l'Enseignement. La formation est adressée aux avocats, juristes et officiers de police et vise à promouvoir la connaissance des stratégies de prévention et des actions contre les discours et crime haineux.
Root causes of attacks against people with albinism
Witchcraft and Health
Geneva 22 February 2016 − Expert panelists will discuss root causes behind the violent attacks and discrimination against people with albinism, when they meet at an event at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva (Room XXIII) on 7 March 2016 at 13:30.
Discrimination, hate speech, and hate crime all have destabilizing effects on societal cohesiveness and human rights. With the increasing use of various forms of communication technology in recent years, the threat posed by hate speech has grown. Words employed as weapons can be transmitted globally in a matter of seconds, fuelling prejudices and provoking physical hate crime.
A seminar hosted by the Department for Anti-Drug Policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Italy and organized in collaboration with Pompidou Group will take place in Rome on 10-11 December 2015.
A workshop involving leading experts from different countries to discuss the economic, social and health costs of drug-related incarceration in Europe has been organized in Lisbon on 23 September 2015 by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). The international symposium is part of the programme of the First European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, organized by the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the Portuguese Government.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will deliver a Symposium on “Addressing vulnerabilities, increasing access to services: how to mainstream gender into policy and practice of substance use prevention treatment and rehabilitation” at the ”First European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies”, organized by the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the Portuguese Government.
A workshop on hate speech and hate crime will be held in Rome from 27–29 October 2015. The event is being organized by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in cooperation with the Institute for International Legal Studies of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and other partners. The workshop is addressed to lawyers and law enforcement agencies and aims at promoting knowledge on hate speech and hate crime prevention strategies and actions.
Violent extremism cannot be defeated without interventions addressing the root of the problem – the specific ideologies and motivations that stimulate recruitment into these criminal organizations. There is no single approach which is effective or appropriate to prevent and counter the phenomenon. Cultural, sociological and context-specific considerations have to be part of the national and international strategies.
The effective contrast to hate speech through an action of training to journalists, bloggers and social media managers is one of the primary goals of the Prism project, which organizes a workshop on responsible information on 2nd july in Florence.
