Follow-Up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

A/RES/78/223View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 107Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 2008–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/225

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1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics

Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Data Collection Digital Technology Education

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2024.

2024A/79/134Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

35 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its invitation to Governments to take into consideration the Kyoto Declaration on Advancing Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law: Towards the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development when formulating legislation and policy directives and to make every effort, where appropriate, to implement the principles contained therein in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

Welcomes the initiative of the Government of Japan to work with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and through the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, in ensuring appropriate follow-up to the implementation of the Kyoto Declaration;

Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, in accordance with its mandate, to continue implementing the appropriate policy and operational measures for the follow-up to the Kyoto Declaration, including through the holding of intersessional thematic discussions to facilitate the sharing of information, good practices and lessons learned among Member States and relevant stakeholders, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources;

Notes the progress made thus far in the preparations for the Fifteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;

Decides that the duration of the Fifteenth Congress should not exceed eight days, including pre-Congress consultations;

Also decides that the main theme of the Fifteenth Congress shall be “Accelerating crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law: protecting people and planet and achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the digital age”;

Further decides that, in accordance with its resolution 56/119, the Fifteenth Congress shall open with a high-level segment, at which States will be invited to be represented at the highest possible level, for example, by Heads of State or Government, government ministers or attorneys general, and that representatives will be given an opportunity to make statements on the topics of the Congress;

Decides that, in accordance with its resolution 56/119, the Fifteenth Congress shall adopt a single declaration, to be submitted to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for its consideration;

Also decides that the Commission will give due consideration to the report of the Fifteenth Congress;

Requests the Secretary-General to encourage the participation of representatives from relevant entities of the United Nations system in the Fifteenth Congress, bearing in mind the main theme, agenda items and workshop topics of the Congress;

Approves the following provisional agenda for the Fifteenth Congress, finalized by the Commission at its thirty-second session:

Opening of the Congress.

Organizational matters.

Advancing innovative and evidence-based crime prevention strategies towards social, economic and environmental development.

Promoting people-centred, inclusive and responsive criminal justice systems in a world of continuous change.

Addressing and countering crime – including organized crime and terrorism in all its forms and manifestations – in new, emerging and evolving forms.

Working better together to elevate cooperation and partnerships, including technical and material assistance and training, at the national, regional and international levels, in crime prevention and criminal justice.

Adoption of the report of the Congress.

Decides that the following issues shall be considered in workshops within the framework of the Fifteenth Congress:

Building resilient societies, with a focus on protecting women, children and youth: fostering engagement, education and the culture of lawfulness;

Ensuring equal access to justice for all: towards safe and secure societies while respecting the rule of law;

Getting ahead: strengthening data collection and analysis to better protect people and planet in times of new, emerging and evolving forms of crime;

Turning the digital age into an opportunity: promoting the responsible use of technologies in crime prevention and criminal justice.

Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the institutes of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme network, to prepare a discussion guide for the regional preparatory meetings for the Fifteenth Congress and for the Congress itself in a timely manner in order to enable those meetings to be held as early as possible in 2025, and invites Member States to be actively involved in that process;

Also requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the organization of the regional preparatory meetings and to make available the necessary resources for the participation of the least developed countries in those meetings and in the Fifteenth Congress itself, in accordance with past practice and in consultation with Member States;

Urges participants in the regional preparatory meetings to examine the substantive items on the agenda and the topics of the workshops of the Fifteenth Congress and to make action-oriented recommendations to serve as a basis for the draft recommendations and conclusions for consideration by the Congress;

Encourages Member States to participate actively in the Fifteenth Congress by including in the composition of their delegations legal and policy experts, such as practitioners with special training and practical experience in crime prevention and criminal justice;

Emphasizes the importance of the workshops to be held within the framework of the Fifteenth Congress, and invites Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other relevant entities to provide financial, organizational and technical support to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the institutes of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme network for the preparations for the workshops, including the preparation and circulation of relevant background material;

Requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the organization of ancillary meetings of non-governmental and professional organizations participating in the Fifteenth Congress, in accordance with past practice, as well as meetings of professional and geographical interest groups, and to take appropriate measures to encourage the participation of the academic and research community in the Congress, and encourages Member States to actively participate in the above-mentioned meetings, as they provide an opportunity to develop and maintain strong partnerships with the private sector and civil society organizations;

Encourages States to undertake preparations for the Fifteenth Congress at an early stage and by all appropriate means, including, where appropriate, the establishment of national preparatory committees;

Encourages the relevant United Nations programmes, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as other professional organizations, to cooperate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the preparations for the Fifteenth Congress;

Requests the Commission to accord sufficient time at its thirty-third session to reviewing the progress made in the preparations for the Fifteenth Congress, to finalize in a timely manner all outstanding organizational and substantive arrangements and to make its recommendations to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council;

Welcomes with appreciation the offer of the Government of the United Arab Emirates to host the Fifteenth Congress, to be held in 2026;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure proper follow-up to the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly through the Commission at its thirty-third session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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