The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), in partnership with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), successfully convened a regional Workshop on Implementing and Enforcing Legislation: The Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Security in Asia in Manila from 2 to 4 June 2026.

A new and rapidly evolving form of online harm is attracting growing international attention. Characterized by violence, coercion, exploitation, self-harm and criminality, the so-called “Com Network” challenges traditional policy, security and safeguarding frameworks and defy easy categorization as terrorism, violent extremism or crime.

The Centre for AI and Robotics of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) launches the project AI Literacy for Schools: Training Teachers for a Changing World, in collaboration with OpenAI under the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Youth & Wellbeing Grant. The programme supports ins