We do not need more security to tackle crime; we need human rights to be respected. The more people are protected, the more their rights are promoted, the more we can live in a secure and prosperous word, free from organized crime, violent extremism, abuses and exploitation.
International migration is a growing phenomenon involving the international community and Member States in complex dynamics that have a special focus on the protection of human rights.
The General Assembly, in its resolution 70/291, requested the Secretary-General to submit a report no later than April 2018 on progress made in the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, including suggestions for the future implementation of the Strategy by the United Nations system.
On 18 May 2018, during the Side event of UNICRI co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna at the the 27th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), Prof. Maria Falcone, Italian Judge Giovanni Falcone’s sister and President of Fondazione Giovanni and Francesca Falcone, has been nominated as an advocate for UNICRI in the fight against organized crime.
Advances in biotechnology are rapidly changing what is possible in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Progress in genomics, personalized medicine and bioengineering suggest the twenty-first century may indeed prove to be the ‘Century of Biology’, marking an inflection point in our capacity as humans to understand and intervene upon biological systems and the organic world.
