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UNODC to launch Global Report on Trafficking in Persons in Vienna on 7 January 2019

Vienna, 3 January 2019 - The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov and Chief of Research and Trend Analysis Branch, Angela Me will brief the Permanent Missions on the main findings of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 on Monday, 7 January 2019 at 10.00 a.m. at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in Conference Room C3. The event will include an address by the Austrian Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Karin Kneissl. The Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 gives an overview of the scope of human trafficking and its effects on the lives of the victims of this heinous crime with a special focus on trafficking in persons in the context of armed conflict.

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Regional Training: Helping Children in the MENA to Rehabilitate

Beirut, Lebanon - 12 December 2018 - UNODC concluded a regional capacity building training event, focusing on rehabilitation, reintegration, and justice for children recruited and exploited by terrorist and violent extremist groups. The 35 participants ( among them 17 women), included judges, lawyers, social workers, personnel of detention facilities and civil society representatives from Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.      [Read More]

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Using Alternatives to Imprisonment to Address Overcrowding in Prisons

For the first time ever, 34 representatives from the Ministries of Justice, directors of prison administrations, judges, prosecutors and Attorney Generals, from six countries, i.e. Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco, came together in the UNODC-supported regional workshop on "Promoting Effective Use of Alternatives to Imprisonment in the Middle East and North Africa" under the UNODC Global Prison Challenges Programme.  [Read More]

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