Security Council urges Libyan authorities to work towards release of detained ICC staff
UN Crime News
The Security Council today urged Libyan authorities to work towards the immediate release of four staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who have been detained in the country for over a week.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN anti-drugs chief: fighting crime and illicit drug trade must be on development agenda
UN Crime News
Highlighting the impact of drug abuse around the world, the head of the United Nations anti-drugs office today said that countering transnational organized crime and illicit drugs must become an integral part of the development agenda.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers four convicts to Mali and Benin
UN Crime News
The United Nations tribunal trying key suspects implicated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has transferred four convicts to serve their sentences in Mali and four to Benin.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
International Criminal Court sentences former Congolese warlord to 14 years in prison
UN Crime News
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today sentenced Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, a former Congolese warlord, to 14 years of imprisonment for his involvement in child soldier recruitment.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
New UN campaign highlights financial and social costs of transnational organized crime
UN Crime News
The annual turnover of transnational organized criminal activities such as drug trafficking, counterfeiting, illegal arms trade and the smuggling of immigrants is estimated at around $870 billion, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today, as part of a campaign aimed at raising awareness of the issue's financial and social costs.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN world court rules Senegal must prosecute ex-Chadian leader or extradite him
UN Crime News
The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that Senegal must either prosecute former Chadian President Hissène Habre for war crimes or extradite him "without further delay."
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN panel pays out $1.3 billion in reparations for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
UN Crime News
The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, today made $1.3 billion available to six successful claimants.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
UN war crimes tribunal transfers Serb official to Portugal to serve 20-year sentence
UN Crime News
A former Serb military official was transferred to Portugal to serve a 20-year sentence for crimes committed against non-Serb prisoners of war, the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s announced today.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention