On 7 November 2020, a call-for-proposals was launched by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), within the framework of the UN Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events, and Promotion of Sport and its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism implemented by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in partnership with UNICRI, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Centre for Sport and Security (ICSS).
Join the Illicit Trade Group (ITG) on the 4th of November for the launching event! After three successful editions of a Summer School on Illicit Trade, shedding light on the dark side of globalization, ITG is broadening its activities by creating an interdisciplinary research environment at the University of Groningen to foster a discussion on the causes, consequences and solutions to the challenges posed by illicit trade.
Message from the Director of UNICRI: Antonia Marie De Meo.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing how we live, how we work, how we communicate, and how we move around. It is transforming our world socially, economically and politically. The potential is boundless, but the risks are also growing.
The roundtable on justice, crime prevention and artificial intelligence in Latin America was organized by C Minds, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics of UNICRI and the British Embassy in Mexico.
On 6 October 2020, UNICRI in partnership with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and in coordination with the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact Working Group on Emerging Threats and Critical Infrastructure Protection (ETCIP), organized the virtual expert meeting “Technology and Security: Using Biotechnology to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism.”
On 6th October, within the framework of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit, UNICRI’s Centre on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics (based in The Hague, The Netherlands), co-organized with ITU the Webinar “Keeping our children safe with artificial intelligence".