IOC-UNODC: Team up against crime

The 'Team Up Against Crime: Strengthening the role and contribution of sport in the context of multisectoral partnerships for youth crime prevention' is a high-level side event that takes place in the margins of the 32nd Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

The objectives of the event are to showcase good practices on youth crime prevention through sport, share information on IOC/UNODC partnership in this area, and discuss opportunities for cooperation and networks across the criminal justice and sport sectors to enhance the effective use of sport in crime prevention strategies, policies, and programming.

Date: 22 May 2023
Venue: Room 2, Vienna International Centre, Austria.

Among the speakers who will be involved are:

Kristy Coventry - IOC member; Youth, Sport, Art and Recreation Minister of Zimbabwe

Danielle Nolli Waterman - Olympian; rugby World Cup winner

John Brandolino - UNODC Division of Treaty Affairs director

Phiset Sa-ardyen - Thailand Institute of Justice executive director

The session will be moderated by Delphine Schantz, UNODC office director in New York.