Law and Crime Prevention

A mother cries when she sees the body of her son who died of Ebola, before he is taken for burial at the Ebola Teatment Centre of Butembo, North-Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (March 2019).
UNICEF/Tremeau

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Ebola now an international Public Health Emergency, young peacemakers, defining moment for Sudan, war crimes fugitives, migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary

17 July 2019

In today’s Daily Brief: the DR Congo Ebola outbreak is officially declared an international Public Health Emergency; UN Youth Envoy briefs Security Council; an ‘exciting and potentially defining’ moment for Sudan, says UN adviser; more cooperation’s needed to secure arrest of war crimes fugitives; and politicizing the migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary

Many countries continue to face terrorism threats.
UNODC

Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern, Security Council hears

9 July 2019

The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.