Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on Its 32nd Session and Provisional Agenda of Its 33rd Session

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 19c Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2023.

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21 operative paragraphs

At its 43rd plenary meeting, on 25 July 2023, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its thirty-second session;282

(b) Reaffirmed Commission decision 21/1 of 27 April 2012;283

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

General debate.

281 See E/FFDF/2023/3.

282 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2023, Supplement No. 10 (E/2023/30).

283 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.

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;

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 promoting international cooperation and technical assistance to prevent and address organized crime, corruption, terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and other forms of crime, including in the areas of extradition, mutual legal assistance and asset recovery.

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,

non‑governmental 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 Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fifteenth 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 resolutions 75/290 A and 75/290 B, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Provisional agenda of the thirty-fourth session of the Commission.

Other business.

Adoption of the report of the Commission on its thirty-third session.

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