Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on Its 18th Session and Provisional Agenda and Documentation for Its 19th Session

E/DEC/2009/246View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2009.

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6 versions · 2005–2010

This is an older version — the most recent is E/DEC/2010/243

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	E/DEC/2010/243	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 19th session and provisional agenda and documentation for its 20th session	1,478	30%Compare
2009	E/DEC/2009/246	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 18th session and provisional agenda and documentation for its 19th session	799	29%Compare
2008	E/DEC/2007/251	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 16th session and provisional agenda and documentation for its 17th session	766	29%Compare
2007	E/DEC/2006/239	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 15th session and provisional agenda and documentation for its 16th session	1,181	44%Compare
2006	E/DEC/2005/249	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 14th session and provisional agenda and documentation for its 15th session	824	43%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Crime Prevention Criminal Justice

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

At its 44th plenary meeting, on 30 July 2009, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the reports of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its eighteenth session;47

(b) Decided that the prominent theme for the nineteenth session of the Commission would be “Protection against illicit trafficking in cultural property”;

(c) Decided also that the prominent theme for the twentieth session of the Commission would be “Protecting children in a digital age: the misuse of technology in the abuse and exploitation of children”, unless the Commission decides otherwise at its reconvened eighteenth session, taking into account that Member States may submit other proposals for the thematic discussion;

(d) Took note of the proposal to have “New and emerging forms of transnational organized crime, including environmental crime” as the prominent theme for the twenty-first session of the Commission;

(e) Strongly urged Member States to submit draft resolutions one month prior to the opening of each session of the Commission, and reiterated its call that draft resolutions be accompanied by such information as the intended scope, a proposed timetable for implementation, identification of resources available and other relevant information, in accordance with the annex to Commission resolution 4/3 of 9 June 1995;

(f) Approved the provisional agenda and documentation for the nineteenth session of the Commission as set out below, as well as a five-day duration for the nineteenth session, on an exceptional and non-precedential basis.

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Documentation

Provisional agenda and annotations

Thematic discussion on protection against illicit trafficking in cultural property.

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on protection against trafficking in cultural property

Note by the Secretariat (as required)

Integration and coordination of efforts by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and by Member States in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice:

Ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto;

Ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption;

Ratification and implementation of the international instruments to prevent and combat terrorism;

47 Ibid., Supplement Nos. 10 and 10 A (E/2009/30 and Add.1).

Other crime prevention and criminal justice matters;

Other activities in support of the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in particular activities of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network, non-governmental organizations and other bodies.

Documentation

Report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on international cooperation to prevent, combat and eliminate kidnapping and to provide assistance to victims of kidnapping

Report of the Secretary-General on international cooperation in combating transnational organized crime and corruption

Report of the Secretary-General on assistance in implementing the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism

Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the institutes of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network

World crime trends and emerging issues and responses in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice.

Documentation

Report of the Executive Director on the activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Note by the Secretariat (as required)

Consideration of the conclusions and recommendations of the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Use and application of United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice.

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice

Report of the Secretary-General on supplementary rules specific to the treatment of women in detention and in custodial and non-custodial settings

Report of the Secretary-General on capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty

Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions:

Work of the working group on governance and finance;

Directives on policy and budgetary issues for the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme.

Documentation

Report of the Executive Director on the activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Reports of the Executive Director (as required)

Notes by the Secretariat (as required)

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

Note by the Secretariat transmitting the report of the working group on governance and finance

Provisional agenda for the twentieth session of the Commission.

Other business.

Adoption of the report of the Commission on its nineteenth session.

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