UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

The Permanent Mission of Denmark 🇩🇰 to the United Nations in NY and UNICRI convened experts, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the critical nexus between climate insecurity and violent extremism, focusing on evidence-based solutions and actionable insights. 💡 Event highlights: 🔹 Opening remarks: Ambassador Erik Laursen and Leif Villadsen emphasised the need for integrated strategies to address these interconnected challenges. 🔹 Expert presentations: Contributions from UNICRI, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), and IOM - UN Migration shed light on community perspectives, gender-responsive solutions, and climate-resilient peacebuilding. 🔑 Key takeaways: 🔹 Local voices are vital for context-specific, sustainable policies. 🔹 Gender inclusivity is essential to strengthen resilience and peacebuilding. 🔹 Interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial to addressing shared global challenges. 🌍 Events like this are instrumental in linking research to action, paving the way for impactful policies. 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to all participants for enriching these discussions and advancing solutions-oriented approaches! 🗞️https://bit.ly/3DraWTC Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Sian Hutchinson, Jodie Wrigley, Barbra Lukunka, PhD, Manuela Brunero, and Odhran McCarthy. #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #PeaceBuilding #PVE #PCVE #UnitedToCounterTerrorism #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GlobalGoals 

🌟 Just Released: 1540 Compass Issue 3 – Final Edition of 2024! We’re thrilled to announce the release of the third edition of the 1540 Compass! This issue focuses on domestic controls and measures to safeguard sensitive materials and related items, as outlined in operative paragraph 3(a) and (b) of #UNSCR 1540. 🔐 Topics include securing, accounting for, and physically protecting #nuclear, #chemical, #biological materials, and other sensitive items throughout their lifecycle. 📊 This issue in numbers: 3 Special Features on operative paragraph 3(a) & (b), the Open Briefing, and the Group of Experts. 5 Interviews with 1540 champions on trade controls, radiological security, and multilateral cooperation. 9 Articles with insights from #Indonesia, #Japan, #Kenya, the #US, and many more. Explore the latest strategies and expert perspectives on #WMD non-proliferation, and join the conversation about making our world safer! 🌍 📖 Read it here: https://shorturl.at/s27EA #UNSCR1540 #NonProliferation #GlobalSecurity #1540Compass UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Francesco Marelli Caltarossa, Carlotta Zenere, Katy Carroll

The 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗡-𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗦 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 at the ASITA conference has successfully concluded! We’re excited to share that our workshop was a great #success, bringing together experts, stakeholders, and partners to tackle the pressing challenges of combating organized 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲. 💡 The workshop showcased innovative tools and methodologies —from AI and geospatial intelligence to spatial databases— demonstrating how both projects are paving the way for more effective environmental protection strategies. Missed the event? Don’t worry! You can catch all the key takeaways in our latest news article. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/d5jvk_HY Special thanks to our speakers: Sergio Alessandro Castagnetti (Fondazione SAFE - Security and Freedom for Europe), Marco Piras (Politecnico di Torino), Luca Morandini (Politecnico di Milano), Cristina Nardelli (UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute), Paolo Dabove (GFOSS.it APS), Enrico Borgogno-Mondino (AIT - Italian Association of Remote Sensing), Caterina Balletti (SIFET), nico bonora (ISPRA) emeritus_EU #EnvironmentalProtection #Innovation #GeospatialIntelligence #PERIVALLON #EMERITUS

🎉 Season’s Greetings from the UNICRI Centre for AI 🎉 As we wrap up an incredible year, I am delighted to share a short newsletter highlighting our achievements at the Centre. 2024 has been a remarkable year, with milestones such as the initiation of new large-scale projects and the successful continuation of ongoing initiatives. I also extend my gratitude to our partners, donors, colleagues, and friends for their continued support and collaboration. A special thank you to my amazing team for their hard work, dedication, and passion, which made this year so successful. I am very proud of you! Wishing everyone a productive, inspiring, and collaborative 2025! Let’s work together to achieve even greater success in the year ahead. 🌟 UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Odhran McCarthy, Inês Gonçalves Ferreira, Maria Eira, Emma Persson, LL.M., Inna Kotova, Mick O'Connell, Ottavia Galuzzi, David Haddad, Stephen McNamara, Huien TAN, Kaveh Rasouli, Roshni Deepta Acharya Thank you Emma Persson, LL.M. for putting together this newsletter! #SeasonGreetings #AIforGood #Collaboration #2024Achievements #UNICRI

On Dec. 6th I spoke at the UN about supporting African game devs to tell their stories. Thanks to United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) & UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute's Odhran McCarthy for organizing & Galen Lamphere-Englund for championing games-based learning and research at the UN! Last Friday, thanks to the incredible Brittany Orange & Hugo Obi, 19 dev teams from Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya pitched their game ideas! Excited to play the prototypes - to inhabit the worlds these artists created, identify with the hero or empathize with the anti-hero, and have some serious fun!

UNICRI Centre for AI provided Capacity Building Training to the Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 This week we conducted a training workshop for a delegation from the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 in partnership with the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences(NAUSS). This is specialized programme based on the Toolkit for Responsible AI Innovation in Law Enforcement developed by INTERPOL-UNICRI with the support of the EU. Thanks to Scuola di Perfezionamento per le Forze di Polizia for hosting us in beautiful Rome. As we move forward with #AI-POL and the next phase of our work to advance responsible AI innovation in law enforcement we will be doing more of these workshops. Are you interested in a training workshop like this? Let us know! UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Odhran McCarthy, Inês Gonçalves Ferreira, Maria Eira, Mick O'Connell #ResponsibleAI #AIToolkit #ResponsiblePolicing #AI4Good

⚔️ Biohazard Prevention Centre in #Project106 deal with CBRN training in Cambodia   The project P106 is implemented under the umbrella of EU #CBRN Centres of Excellence Initiative (joint EU and UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute programme) where 8 regions collecting 65 countries are working together with EU partners to improve CBRN security and safety across the world 🌏   The project P 106 – “Table Top Exercises, Simulations and Trainings for CBRN risk mitigation (TEST)” is dedicated to conduct exercises led by John Jones OBE (Team Leader) and two Key Experts from ISEM Institute: Marian Kolencik and Lubos Trudic.   📋 The mission consisted of theoretical and practical trainings, TTX and two days of exercise drills. Exercises were evaluated by international team of experts from Philippines, Singapore, Belgium, France and Poland under leadership of UniLodz represented by Maksymilian Stela from The Biohazard Prevention Centre.   The CBRN scenario of the exercise was developed together with Cambodia Authorities to respond real threat the country is dealing with – residues of chemical warfare agents. One of the aims of the project is to foster interagency cooperation thus apart of the main actor, the National Authority for Chemical Weapons in Cambodia (NACW), Gendarmerie Royale (GRK), Army Medical Service (PKML) and Army Fire Fighters unit (RRC711) participated in trainings and exercises.  The scale and quality of the exercise was highly rated by deputy chief of NACW general Nara and deputy of EU delegation in Cambodia Mr. Andreas Berg during closing ceremony at Cambodia Ministry of Defence.   Next missions are coming soon! #EuForeignPolicy #CBRN #Project106 #GOPAPACE #ISEMInstitute #NCCN #UniLodz

📣 Launch Alert: 1540 Compass Issue 3 We’re proud to unveil the third edition of the 1540 Compass—a leading journal advancing the objectives of UN Security Council resolution 1540. This issue dives into Operative Paragraphs 3(a) & 3(b), spotlighting domestic controls to secure and protect WMD-related items. It also features: ✅ Insights from international and regional organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the #EuropeanUnion ✅ Success stories from regions worldwide, including #SoutheastAsia, #LatinAmerica, and #Africa ✅ Policy recommendations linking #security and sustainable development goals 📅 Launch Date: Tomorrow! 📩 Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are welcome at [email protected] Let’s work together to strengthen global security! #UNSCR1540 #GlobalSecurity #ExportControls #NonProliferation

📣 Launch Alert: 1540 Compass Issue 3 We’re proud to unveil the third edition of the 1540 Compass—a leading journal advancing the objectives of UN Security Council resolution 1540. This issue dives into Operative Paragraphs 3(a) & 3(b), spotlighting domestic controls to secure and protect WMD-related items. It also features: ✅ Insights from international and regional organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the #EuropeanUnion ✅ Success stories from regions worldwide, including #SoutheastAsia, #LatinAmerica, and #Africa ✅ Policy recommendations linking #security and sustainable development goals 📅 Launch Date: Tomorrow! 📩 Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are welcome at [email protected] Let’s work together to strengthen global security! #UNSCR1540 #GlobalSecurity #ExportControls #NonProliferation

✨ #WorldArabicLanguageDay: Advancing Justice & Security We’re proud to share two Prosecutor’s Guides in Arabic, designed to support professionals tackling chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) crimes. 📖 What’s inside? 🔹 Step-by-step guidance for investigations & prosecutions. 🔹 Real-world case insights & best practices. 🔹 Training modules, including mock trials & workshops. 🌍 A Global initiative Developed under the #EUCBRNCoE framework, these guides enhance security and international cooperation, showcasing joint efforts with partner countries. 🔎 For: 🔹Prosecutors & investigators tackling complex CB & RN crimes. 🔹Training institutions advancing prosecutorial education. 🔗 CB Crimes Guide ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iHP5HK 🔗RN Crimes Guide ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gixlB4 Together, let’s build a safer world. European Commission #EUForeignPolicy UNODC International Association of Prosecutors