Follow-Up to the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

A/RES/66/179View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 107 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 2008–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/225

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/225	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,514	39%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/186	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	2,032	51%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/223	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	2,045	39%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/231	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,092	24%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/171	Follow-up to the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,643	28%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2009–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/139	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/225
2025	A/80/223	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/186
2024	A/79/134	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/223
2023	A/78/159	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/231
2021	A/76/119	Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/171

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Crime Prevention Criminal Justice

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³E/CN.15/2011/15.

Reiterates its invitation to Governments to take into consideration the Salvador Declaration on Comprehensive Strategies for Global Challenges: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Systems and Their Development in a Changing World⁴ and the recommendations adopted by the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice when formulating legislation and policy directives and to make all efforts, where appropriate, to implement the principles contained therein, taking into account the economic, social, legal and cultural specificities of their respective States;

⁴Resolution 65/230, annex.

Recalls its resolution 62/173 of 18 December 2007, in which it endorsed the recommendations made by the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Lessons Learned from United Nations Congresses on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its meeting, held in Bangkok from 15 to 18 August 2006;⁵

⁵See E/CN.15/2007/6.

Invites Member States to provide their suggestions in relation to the overall theme, the agenda items and the topics for the workshops of the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its twenty-first session on the suggestions made by Member States;

Recommends, in order to strengthen the outcome of future crime congresses, that the number of their agenda items and workshops be limited, and encourages the holding of side events that are focused on and complement the agenda items and workshops;

Requests the Commission to approve at its twenty-first session the overall theme, the agenda items and the topics for the workshops of the Thirteenth Congress.

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