- Joint Statement COVID19 Pandemic Exacerbates Vulnerabilities of Victims of...
29 July 2020 - Cairo, Egypt Under the auspices of the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force (NAMMTF), members of the task force call for a coordinated response that adequately addresses the specific...
View Article- Declaration commune La pandemie COVID-19 exacerbe les vulnerabilites des...
29 Juillet 2020 - Le Caire, Egypte Sous les auspices du Groupe de Travail sur les Migrations Mixtes en Afrique du Nord (GTMMAN), les membres du groupe de travail appellent à une réponse coordonnée qui...
View Article- Message UNODC Executive Director on World Day Against Trafficking in...
30 July 2020 - Every day, in every country in the world, human traffickers exploit people for profit. The poor and the vulnerable are most at risk. Over 70 percent of detected trafficking victims are...
View Article- Call for Proposals: UNODC HIV grants for Civil Society Organizations
UNODC seeks to provide funding support to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) particularly Community Based Organisations (CBOs) working in the area of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support among...
View Article- UNODC Marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Across the Middle...
8 August 2020 - the Middle East and North Africa Marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (TiP), UNODC organized several activities and actions at a regional and national scale in Algeria,...
View Article- Egypt: For International Youth Day UNODC Speaks with Youth on Online...
12 August 2020 - Cairo, Egypt This International Youth Day coincides with the COVID19 pandemic that has led many to resort to online forms of communication to connect with their friends and loved...
View Article- INCB, WHO and UNODC statement on access to internationally controlled...
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) call on governments to ensure that the procurement and...
View Article- Algeria: Working with NGOs to support people living with HIV and people...
26 August 2020 - Algiers, Algeria With COVID-19 outbreak, prevention, access to treatment and medical care were drastically challenged, thus increasing the vulnerabilities of people living with HIV....
View Article- Press Release: The European Union, UNODC, and UNICRI jointly launch...
Tripoli, Libya - 28 September 2020 The European Union, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research...
View Article- Lebanon: Line Up Live UP Initiative Empowers Youth to #ChooseSports
21 October 2020 – Sport can be a powerful tool to engage youth and promote positive values, building resilience to violence, crime, and substance use. With this in mind, UNODC’s ‘Line Up Live Up’...
View Article- Ghada Waly - Director-General/Executive Director - Message for the...
As the COVID-19 crisis threatens to roll back the hard-won gains the world has achieved in striving for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, it is inspiring to see the Members of...
View Article- UNODC Supports Iraq in the Investigation, Prosecution and Adjudication of...
Since the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) in Iraq in 2004, the country has been subject to grave atrocities that have amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity....
View Article- Libya: Using forensics to hold criminals accountable and save lives
10 November 2020 - Tripoli, Libya Through forensics, the smallest piece of evidence can provide invaluable information and bring solid evidence to the court. Forensic analysis can help create linkages...
View Article- Communiqué de presse Avec l’appui de l’Union européenne, l’ONUDC et la...
Rabat, Maroc le 27/11/2020 - Dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre au Maroc du projet régional portant sur le démantèlement des réseaux criminels transfrontaliers impliqués dans la traite des personnes et...
View Article- "Egypt: On the other side of the hotline" - Interview with the Head of...
7 December 2020 - Cairo, Egypt "A woman who faces violence feels confused... in panic and in shock .. regardless of her educational or awareness levels, she feels blocked and incapable of taking an...
View Article- Egypt: Forensic Authorities Bringing Justice to Survivors of Violence...
"UNODC has taught us a completely different way of handling patients, changed the understanding and way of treating cases or patients of violence against women in general. I learned not to be a...
View Article- Egypt: A step towards ending trafficking in persons and smuggling of...
Cairo, Egypt - 16 December 2020 Under the regional project funded by the European Union (EU), " Dismantling Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Criminal Networks in North Africa", UNODC ROMENA...
View Article- Libya: Utilizing digital evidence in cybercrime investigations
Tripoli, Libya - 20 December 2020 Trafficking in persons, migrant smuggling and cybercrime can be more than individual crimes. They are also characterized as types of organized crime. The fundamental...
View Article- Press Release: UNODC, the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network...
Amman, Jordan - 25 January 2021 UNODC collaborated with the research team at JUST and EMPHNET to launch an updated version of the CImA App, incorporating parenting and caregiving under COVID-19 tools.
View Article- COVID-19 Seen Worsening Overall Trend in Human Trafficking
Vienna, Austria - 2 February 2021 - The share of children among detected trafficking victims has tripled while the share of boys has increased five times in the past 15 years. Girls are mainly...
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