The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is organizing two new courses on emerging threats towards states and citizens with the aim of promoting an in-depth knowledge of specific issues such as cyber crimes an
On the occasion of the European Cyber Security Month, the National Security Cabinet of Portugal hosted a series of workshops and events in Lisbon on 6 - 10 October.
A new Report on “The Impacts of the Crisis on Gender Equality and Women’s Wellbeing in European Union (EU) Mediterranean Countries” has been presented at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 18 September 2014.
European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellences Risk Mitigation Initiative (EU CBRN CoE)
The 20th EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting took place in Brussels on 23 July 2014.
The 2014 edition of the Summer School on Human Rights, jointly organized by UNICRI with the John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, successfully concluded its first week of activities.
Accra, Ghana, 11 July – UNICRI and the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) delivered a training course on Good Clinical Practices (GCP) Inspectorates and GCP Inspections, in partnership with the Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana.
UNICRI presented new developments related to its CBRN Risk Mitigation and Security Governance Programme at the plenary session of the Annual Meeting to Coordinate Assistance and Protection under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which was hel
In March, HealthMap.org, a disease surveillance website that aggregates reports from social media, news websites, and public health officials, shared a link from a French language news website in Guinea reporting eight deaths from a mystery illness that appeared similar to Lassa fever. Nine days later, the World Health Organization reported the start of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea.
The Second Meeting of the Heads of the Regional Secretariats of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (EU CBRN CoE) was held in Brussels from 21-22 October 2014.
Marking a further step in the cooperation between SICPA and International Organizations, Anne-Marie Leroy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank Group, and Pierre Viaud, Senior Director Public Affairs & Government Relations of SICPA, signed during the Law, Justice and Development Week 2015 an agreement confirming SICPA’s contribution to a pilot project developed by the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development (GFLJD).
This pilot is a preliminary phase of a larger initiative to fight falsified and substandard medicines in developing countries.
Portugal celebrated the 69th anniversary of the United Nations in Lisbon on the 24 October. Co-hosted by the Municipality of Lisbon, the event, which was the first of its kind in the country, was organized by the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe and the UN entities in Portugal - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and its partners, invite you to attend the final event of the PROFILING project “PROtecting citizens’ rights Fighiting ILlicit profilING” funded by the European Commission, within the framework of the FRaC Programme.
A seminar on Local Emergency Planning, organized by the Lisbon Municipal Civil Protection Services, took place on 14 October in Lisbon, Portugal.
The seminar, which was opened by Mr. Carlos Manuel Castro, Councillor for Security and Civil Protection, of the Municipality of Lisbon, aimed at discussing the role of local governments and communities in urban security and civil protection as well as sharing experiences in local emergency planning.