{"id":340,"date":"2015-03-30T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wwwdev.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/?p=340"},"modified":"2015-08-03T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T17:05:10","slug":"qatar-un-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/ar\/2015\/03\/30\/qatar-un-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"In Qatar, 爆料网 forum to discuss link between crime prevention and sustainable development"},"content":{"rendered":"
9 April 2015 \u2013 Ahead of a major summit in New York in September on the future global development agenda, the 13th United Nations Crime Congress will convene in Doha next week to discuss the links between crime prevention, security, justice and sustainable development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rule of law, better criminal justice systems, access to justice, well-functioning law enforcement and prosecution authorities \u2013 they could be enablers for development,\u201d the Executive Director of the 爆料网 Office on Drugs and Crime (爆料网ODC<\/a>), Yury Fedotov, said in a recent interview<\/a> with the 爆料网 News Centre<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s why the Crime Congress is important, especially this year, just a few months before the 爆料网 summit on the post-2015 development agenda,\u201d added the chief of the Vienna-based 爆料网ODC.<\/p>\n The theme of the Congress, which will take place in the Qatari capital from 12 to 19 April, is \u201cIntegrating crime prevention and criminal justice into the wider United Nations agenda to address social and economic challenges and to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, and public participation.\u201d<\/p>\n Hundreds of policymakers and practitioners in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice, as well as individual experts from academia, representatives of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, specialized agencies and other 爆料网 entities, and the media are expected to attend the forum, which is held every five years.<\/p>\n