Promoting Whole-of-Society Approach to Youth Crime Prevention

Seminar

Date:
Location:
UNHQ, Vienna Conference room M7 and via Zoom
Organized by:
OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit
Source:
OSCE Secretariat, Transnational Threats Department
Fields of work:
Policing, Youth

About

Registration details

Please register here. 

Participants will receive Zoom access details upon successful registration for the side event.
Please note that the deadline for submitting registrations is 19 May, by the end of the business day.

Agenda

Opening:

H.E. Gesa BRÄUTIGAM

Head of the Permanent Mission of Germany to the OSCE

H.E. Stefano BALDI

Permanent Representative of Italy to the OSCE

Moderator:

Ambassador Alena KUPCHYNA

OSCE Co-ordinator of Activities to Address Transnational Threats

Panelists:

Cholpon TABALDIEVA

Senior Commissioner of the Service for Combating Drug Trafficking, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

Mahnoz RAHIMZODA

Central Asia Network by Consensus

Jörg UNKRIG

Chief Detective Director and Head of CID, Crime Prevention and Victim Protection, Crime Prevention State Projects, Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Francesca RISPOLI and Monica USAI

Civil Society Organization Libera (Italy)

Closing:

Ambassador Alena KUPCHYNA

OSCE Co-ordinator of Activities to Address Transnational Threats

INTERPRETATION: Simultaneous interpretation in English, German and Russian will be provided during the side event

Background

The Covid-19 pandemic and security developments across the OSCE area have exacerbated socio-economic vulnerabilities, increasing the risk of young people being recruited into criminal groups and becoming involved in illicit activities. This can put them on a path to long-term criminality, with significant consequences for victims, criminal justice systems and society as a whole. Research in this field indicated that a “multiple offender” typically has around 100 victims by the time they are 25 years old, and can generate around €1.7 million in social follow-up costs. Investing in effective youth crime prevention and strengthening youth resilience from an early age, therefore, have major economic and societal benefits, and contribute to good governance and rule of law.

The OSCE is supporting its participating States with targeted capacity-building for law enforcement, educational institutions and civil society in youth crime prevention. This includes actively engaging young people in regional and cross-regional platforms for dialogue and promotion of best practice exchange among practitioners. In line with OSCE commitments and UN Economic and Social Council resolution 2016/18, this work promotes a whole-of-society approach to youth crime prevention, involving educational institutions and civil society alongside law enforcement authorities. It also stresses the crucial importance of putting youth inclusion and young people’s voices at the heart of crime prevention efforts, reflecting the approach enshrined in the Doha Declaration.

Drawing on experiences from across the OSCE area, this side event will discuss how to develop and deliver a multi-stakeholder approach to youth crime prevention, as well as methodologies to provide platforms to young people to discuss the challenges and vulnerabilities they face as part of whole-of-society effort on youth crime prevention.