Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on Its 26th Session and Provisional Agenda for Its 27th Session

E/DEC/2017/237View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 19c Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2017.

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5 versions · 2015–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is E/DEC/2025/321

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	E/DEC/2025/321	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 34th session and provisional agenda for its 35th session	508	74%Compare
2018	E/DEC/2018/244	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 27th session and provisional agenda for its 28th session	465	69%Compare
2017	E/DEC/2017/237	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 26th session and provisional agenda for its 27th session	489	68%Compare
2016	E/DEC/2016/243	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 25th session and provisional agenda for its 26th session	461	69%Compare
2015	E/DEC/2015/235	Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its 24th session and provisional agenda for its 25th session	525	–

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22 operative paragraphs

At its 40th plenary meeting, on 6 July 2017, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its twenty-sixth session;35

(b) Reaffirmed Commission decision 21/1 of 27 April 2012;36

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

General debate.

Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions:

Work of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;

33 Ibid., 2013, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/2013/30 and E/2013/30/Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D.

34 Ibid., 2015, Supplement No. 10 (E/2015/30), chap. I, sect. D.

35 Ibid., 2017, Supplement No. 10 (E/2017/30).

36 Ibid., 2012, Supplement No. 10 and corrigenda (E/2012/30, E/2012/30/Corr.1 and E/2012/30/Corr.2), chap. I, sect. D.

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

Working methods of the Commission;

Staff composition of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other related matters.

Thematic discussion on criminal justice responses to prevent and counter cybercrime in all its forms, including through the strengthening of cooperation at the national and international levels.

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;

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, nongovernmental organizations and other bodies.

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

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

Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolution 68/1, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Provisional agenda for the twenty-eighth session of the Commission.

Other business.

Adoption of the report of the Commission on its twenty-seventh session.

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