There is no denying that since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has prominently sat at the centre of public attention across the globe and will continue to dominate the news cycle - for good reason - for the foreseeable future.
UNICRI briefed different Director Generals of the European Commission on the infiltration of organized crime in food business and bioterrorism through the use of biotechnology.
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) Working Group on Preventing and Responding to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorist Attacks (the Working Group), held a two day workshop on “Effective Inter-Agency Intero
A Joint Report by UNICRI and UNCCT
New technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular, can be extremely powerful tools, enabling big advances in medicine, information a
On 14 February, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in partnership with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), convened a virtual expert group meeting. The goal was to explore the intricate relationships between Private Military Companies (PMCs), criminality and terrorism, and their far-reaching effects on international peace and security.
On 18 July 2023, the United Nations Security Council held its first-ever debate on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in connection with peace and security, during which the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, and the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Takei Shunsuke, highlighted the contributions of various initiatives by UN entities, including UNICRI’s work on AI in the context of counter-terrorism.
“Terrorism affects every region of the world. It preys on local and national vulnerabilities and the instability of political, economic and security systems,” Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, recently told global counter-terrorism actors.
by Marina Mazzini, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and Ayhan Evrensel, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and the National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) jointly organized a four-day Inter-Agency Workshop for Preventing and Responding to Chemical Weapons Incidents in Indonesia.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have signed a new agreement to implement the project: “Strengthening capacities to identify and mitigate chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) proliferation financing risks in Southeast Asia”.
