A/RES/70/174
Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
metals and stones, illegal mining, counterfeiting of trademarked goods, trafficking
in human organs, blood and tissue, and piracy and transnational organized crime
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10. We support the development and implementation of consultative and
participatory processes in crime prevention and criminal justice in order to engage
all members of society, including those at risk of crime and victimization, to make
our prevention efforts more effective and to galvanize public trust and confidence in
criminal justice systems. We recognize our leading role and responsibility at all
levels in developing and implementing crime prevention strategies and criminal
justice policies at the national and subnational levels. We also recognize that, to
enhance the effectiveness and fairness of such strategies, we should take measures
to ensure the contribution of civil society, the private sector and academia, including
the network of institutes of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice
programme, as well as the media and all other relevant stakeholders, in the
development and implementation of crime prevention policies. Therefore, we
endeavour:
(a) To plan and implement comprehensive policies and programmes that
foster socioeconomic development, with a focus on the prevention of crime,
including urban crime, and violence, and to support other Member States in such
endeavours, in particular through the exchange of experience and relevant
information on policies and programmes that have been successful in reducing
crime and violence through social policies;
(b) To develop awareness-raising programmes to convey key values based
on the rule of law and supported by educational programmes, to be accompanied by
economic and social policies promoting equality, solidarity and justice, and to reach
out to young people, drawing on them as agents of positive change;
(c) To promote a culture of lawfulness based on the protection of human
rights and the rule of law while respecting cultural identity, with particular emphasis
on children and youth, seeking the support of civil society and intensifying our
prevention efforts and measures targeting and using the full potential of families,
schools, religious and cultural institutions, community organizations and the private
sector in order to address the social and economic root causes of crime;
(d) To promote the management and resolution of social conflict through
dialogue and mechanisms of community participation, including by raising public
awareness, preventing victimization, increasing cooperation between the public,
competent authorities and civil society, and promoting restorative justice;
(e) To raise public confidence in criminal justice by preventing corruption
and promoting respect for human rights, as well as enhancing professional
competence and oversight in all sectors of the criminal justice system, thus ensuring
that it is accessible and responsive to the needs and rights of all individuals;
(f) To explore the potential for the use of traditional and new information
and communications technologies in the development of policies and programmes to
strengthen crime prevention and criminal justice, including for identifying public
safety issues and fostering public participation;
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As defined by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in its resolution 22/6 (see
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum
(E/2013/30 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D).
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