- Justice for Children Roundtable
Seeking to coordinate national efforts to ensure that children have access to justice before, during and after contact with the law, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, UNODC and Terres des...
View Article- READY, SET, GO!!
For the second year in a row, UNODC participated in the annual Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (ESIB) rally paper. This year's rally, on Saturday, 5 May 2012, marked the 24 th ESIB Rally....
View Article- UNODC Builds the Capacity of Civil Society Organizations on UNCAC
On 12 May 2012, 40 representatives from 25 officially registered Egyptian Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and nine Tunisian NGOs gathered to attend a four-day workshop organized by UNODC, in...
View Article- Strengthening Egypt’s Complaint Mechanisms against Corruption
Taking a new practical step towards assisting the Egyptian Government in its fight against corruption, 70 representatives from various national service ministries and governmental agencies, including...
View Article- Evidence Confirms Alarming Concentrated HIV Epidemic among Injecting Drug...
26 June 2012, Tripoli - UNODC, UNAIDS, WHO, the European Union and the National Center for Disease Control met to hear the new evidence confirming the suspected concentrated HIV epidemic among people...
View Article- UNODC Builds Capacities of Egyptian Officials on UNCAC Review
Twenty-two Egyptian officials from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of State for Administrative Development, the Public Prosecution, the National...
View Article- UNODC Grants Juveniles in Egypt a Second Chance
In a country with harsh conditions for lower-income families, drugs are a common escape. It is customary among many such families to offer drugs such as hashish to their guests at wedding ceremonies as...
View Article- Jordanian and Iraqi Officials Receive Anti-Human Trafficking Training
Recently, 33 law enforcement officials from the Jordanian and Iraqi Ministries of Interior gathered in Amman, Jordan, to attend a three-day anti-human trafficking workshop organized jointly by UNODC...
View Article- Egypt's Juveniles Fight for a Better Life
When Ahmed's father passed away, he was forced to drop out of school to provide for his mother "Um Ahmed" and his sister Buthaina. According to Ahmed, he was working as a fare collector on a public...
View Article- UNODC Facilitates Consultations with Defense Lawyers in Asset Recovery...
As part of the ongoing expert advisory services to the Egyptian Government in the field of combating corruption and recovering stolen assets, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime facilitated a...
View Article- Egypt anti-corruption and asset recovery capacities enhanced by UNODC
As another significant contribution to the Egyptian efforts on combating corruption and stolen asset recovery, UNODC, together with Basel Institute on Governance are implementing a training programme...
View Article- Libyan law enforcement trained on TiP
Having recently emerged from a historic revolution inspired by the Arab Spring, Libya is going through a delicate post-conflict transitional period that offers both opportunities and challenges. One...
View Article- Iraq to follow up on Findings of UNCAC Review Mechanism
Responding to Iraq's expressed readiness to take stock of gaps identified by the (2011-2012) United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Review Mechanism, UNODC organized a two-day workshop in...
View Article- UNODC Provides Training on Better Policing in Za'atary Camp
On World Refugee Day the world recognizes the difficult lives of refugees around the world and those who are dedicated to helping them. As of today, more than 45.2 million people are in situations of...
View Article- UNODC and EUJUST LEX hold Training on International Cooperation for...
The Iraqi Government has made notable progress in its fight against human trafficking through the accession to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in March 2008,...
View Article- Towards stamping out Human trafficking and Smuggling of migrants in Tunisia
Tunisia is a country of origin, transit and destination for humans who are exploited in various forms, including through trafficking in persons (TiP) and smuggling of migrants (SoM). TiP and SoM are...
View Article- UNODC Supports Tunisia's independence of Judiciary
Subsequent to the January 2011"Jasmine Revolution", and in response to popular demands, Tunisia has undertaken the reform of its institutions. One landmark in this process is the adoption of the...
View Article- A Step Forward in UNODC Development of Palestinian Capacities in Forensics...
On 1 April 2014, the Palestinian Ministry of Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Jordan. Under this MoU, eight Palestinian doctors, contracted by the Ministry of...
View Article- UNODC further enhances capacities of Palestinian Civil Police
With a view to empowering the Palestinian Civil Police to undertake its investigations more effectively, and within the framework of UNODC ongoing project activities in Palestine, UNODC convened an...
View Article- UNODC Project Launched in Jordan: Towards a child-friendly and...
Despite security challenges faced by Jordan due to its geographical location amid countries witnessing internal conflicts, namely, Syria, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Jordan remains determined to...
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