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Doha, 17 April 2015 (UN Information Service) - With cybercrime being one of the fastest growing transnational crimes and an increasing threat to the security of States and individuals, the international community's efforts to create a safer digital world has been highlighted this week at the UN Crime Congress in Doha. Read more in French. Background information on cybercrime is also available in Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Private-public partnerships can help to combat cybercrime as the Head of Microsoft Digital Crime Unit for the Middle East and Africa, Dale Waterman, told UN radio.
Trafficking in cultural property is another emerging form of crime and you can read more about it in Arabic.
A workshop looking at experiences of public contribution to crime prevention and raising awareness about criminal justice continued today. You can watch the debate on the archived webcast.
The importance of the rehabilitation of violent extremist offenders was discussed at an event in Doha. Dr. Uju Agomoh, Executive Director, the Prisoners' Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Nigeria, and the President of the Africa Chapter of the International Corrections and Prisons Association spoke about this in the light of the threats of terrorism that Nigeria is facing.
The Chief of the Rule of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mona Rishmawi, has been speaking at the Crime Congress about how children are treated in the criminal justice system. You can listen to the interview in Arabic and English.
Photos from the Crime Congress are available on the website and can be downloaded and used from Flickr, please credit the photos: UN/DPI.
All the remaining meetings of the Crime Congress can be followed on the live webcast and you can find all archived videos available here.
For further background information on the topics being discussed at the Crime Congress you can read the press kit, which is available in the six official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) on the UN Crime Congress website as well as in Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Armenian.
A full list of events for Saturday 18 th April open to the media is now available on the website.
