REGIONAL PROGRAMME TO COMBAT CRIMINAL & TERRORIST THREATS AND STRENGTHEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE & HEALTH SYSTEMS IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ARAB STATES 2016-2021
DEVELOPMENT OF RP THE REGIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE ARAB STATES 2016-2021 DEVELOPED UPON SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM THE MEMBER STATES THROUGH CHALLENGES OBSERVED IN THE MENA REGION AND NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH ONGOING PROJECTS THROUGH THE FINDINGS OF THE IN-DEPTH EVALUATION OF THE FIRST REGIONAL PROGRAMME THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2014 STEERING AND FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING
MAIN MANDATES UNODC Conventions DRUGS: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 ORGANIZED CRIME: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Procols ( Organized Crime Convention - UNTOC adopted in 2000, entered in force in 2003) CORRUPTION: United Nations Convention against Corruption ( Convention against Corruption - UNCAC adopted in 2003, entered in force in 2005) TERRORISM: Guided by universal legal regime (16 instruments), including specific General Assembly mandates, UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Security Council and Crime Commission
STRUCTURE OF THE RP SUB- PROGRAMME I SUB- PROGRAMME II SUB- PROGRAMME III SUB- PROGRAMME IV SUB- PROGRAMME V ORGANISED CRIME COUNTERING TERRORISM COMBATING CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HEALTH DATA COLLECTION AND RESEARCH CROSS-CUTTING THEMES REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING
SP I: ORGANISED CRIME SUB-PROGRAMME I ORGANISED CRIME Outcome 1: Capacities Effectively Control Borders Strengthened Outcome 2: Capacities Counter Trafficking of Drugs and Illicit Goods Strengthened Outcome 3: Capacities Counter Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings Strengthened Outcome 4: Strengthened Capacities Develop Threat Assessments & Improved Policing Capacities Land Border Control Drug Trafficking Migrant Smuggling Threat Assessment Capacities Container and Cargo Control Arms Trafficking Trafficking in Human Beings Criminal Information Analysis Airport Control Trafficking in Cultural Goods Forensics Cyber Crime
SP II: COUNTERING TERRORISM SUB-PROGRAMME II COUNTERING TERRORISM Outcome 1: Improved Criminal Justice Responses Terrorism Legal Frameworks Investigations and Adjudications Preventing the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes Countering the Financing of Terrorism Countering Foreign Terrorist Fighters
SP III: COMBATING CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES SUB-PROGRAMME III COMBATING CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES Outcome 1: Strengthened Capacities Preventing and Investigating Corruption Outcome 2: Improved National Criminal Asset Management Systems Outcome 3: Capacities Strengthened Counter Money Laundering and Conduct Effective Financial Investigations
SP IV: CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUB-PROGRAMME IV CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Outcome 1: Development and Implementation of Crime Prevention Strategies Supported Outcome 2: Strengthened Capacities of Criminal Justice Systems; Improved Access Justice for Children; Prevention and Response Violence Against Children Outcome 3: Gender- Sensitive Criminal Justice Systems in place and Strengthened Criminal Justice Responses Violence Against Women Outcome 4: Improved Access Legal Aid Outcome 5: Improved Justice Police Cooperation Outcome 6: Prison Systems in line with UN Standards and Norms; Reduced Recidivism and Violent Extremism in Prisons Addressed Community Safety in Communities Affected by Syrian Refugee Crisis Local Crime Prevention Initiatives Focusing on Youth Integrated National Crime Prevention Strategies
SP V: HEALTH SUB-PROGRAMME V HEALTH Outcome 1: Outcome 2: Adapted and Evidence-Based Prevention Conducted in line with International Standards on Drug Use Prevention Capacity Strengthened Provide Evidence-Based Drug Treatment, Rehabilitation and Care Services in Community Centres and Closed Settings while Supporting Efforts on Alternatives Incarceration Outcome 3: Improved Access Health Services in Prison Settings Outcome 4: The Disparity of Access Controlled Drugs for Medical Purposes Addressed
STAKEHOLDERS OF THE RP STEERING AND FOLLOW UP COMMITTEE oversight of implementation REGIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE ARAB STATES 2016-2021 Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen SP I ORGANIZED CRIME SP II COUNTERING TERRORISM SP III COMBATING CORRUPTION SP IV CRIMINAL JUSTICE SP V HEALTH NATIONAL/REGIONAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DONORS UNODC HQ EXPERTISE UNODC Middle East and North Africa
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