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UNODC Supports ICCS National Workshops in Kenya and Uganda
Kampala, 30 May 2018 - The UNODC Regional Office for East Africa recently supported two national workshops on the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS). The first workshop, which was jointly organized by the UNODC and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), was held in Machakos, Kenya, from 24 to 25 May 2018. Whereas, the second workshop, which was jointly organized by the UNODC, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and the Secretariat of the Uganda's Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS), was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 28 to 29 May 2018.
The ICCS was endorsed in 2015 by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) as an international statistical standard for data collection. The ICCS's primary unit is the act or omission that constitutes a criminal offence rather than legal provisions and as a result it cuts across the different definitions found in national penal codes. It is, therefore, the first common framework to group all kinds of criminal offences into categories that are useful for producing global crime statistics. Read More
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UNODC Hosts and Participates in Training on the Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement between the European Community and the United Nations (FAFA) and Pillar Assessed Grant or Delegation Agreement (PAGoDA)
Nairobi, 24 May 2018 - The European Union remains, and continues to grow into, an essential supporting partner to the agendas of United Nations Organisations. Sharing the same fundamental values of the United Nations, The European Commission exists as the largest financial contributor to the United Nations, in the context of both the regular budget and the funding of development assistance programmes, projects and peacekeeping operations.
Against this backdrop, UNODC, in conjunction with the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), hosted and participated in a two-day training seminar on the Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement between the European Community and the United Nations (FAFA) and Pillar Assessed Grant or Delegation Agreement (PAGoDA) on the 23 rd and 24 th of May. The event was opened by UNODC's Ms. Charity Kagwe, Head of the Anti-Corruption Pillar, who articulated UNODC's gratitude to all the participants and, in particular, the expert speakers hosting the Seminar and closed by Regional Representative Amado Philip de Andrés. Read More
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CCPCJ Side Event on "Countering Smuggling of Migrants in Eastern Africa - Towards a Regional Plan of Action"
Vienna, 17 May 2018 - Smuggling of migrants is, by its very nature, a transnational crime requiring a transnational response. Considering the cross-border nature of the smuggling of migrants and its ever-increasing negative impact on the States and people of Eastern Africa, this crime cannot be sufficiently countered by any single country alone. This transnational threat requires a multi-jurisdictional response - a response that will see effective criminalization across the region, enhanced national criminal justice capacity to prevent, suppress and prosecute this crime, and improved international cooperation, including within the region. Hence, in order to discuss the need for a common political approach and policy harmonisation against migrant smuggling in Eastern Africa, UNODC together with GIZ presented a side event on "Countering Smuggling of Migrants in Eastern Africa - towards a Regional Plan of Action" during the 27th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ).
Within the framework of the UNODC Global Programme against Smuggling of Migrants, UNODC Regional Programme for Eastern Africa (2016-2021) entitled: "Promoting the Rule of Law and Human Security in Eastern Africa", and the Better Migration Management (BMM) programme, the event provided a forum for exchanging expertise and experience on countering the smuggling of migrants in Eastern Africa region. Read More
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