(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Recognising the need of delegates to the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for focused, relevant and up-to-date information on various topics, Qatar has established a 'Knowledge Center' at the venue of the Congress at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC).
"The Knowledge Center has 26 international experts available to answer the queries of media personnel and participants as well," said Major General Abdullah Yousuf Al Mal, Advisor to the Minister of Interior and Chairperson of the Preparatory Committee of the eight-day Congress being held from April 12 to 19.
Booths representing 17 institutes under UN and the United Nations Office on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice are part of the Knowledge Center.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Turin, Italy, United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Tokyo, Japan, United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Sanjose, Costa Rica, United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Kampala, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, International Center for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science, Siracusa, Italy, National Institute of Justice, Washington DC, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden, and International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, Milan, Italy, are some of the important institutes are taking part in the Center.
Other institutes under the UN participating in the Knowledge Center are International Center for the Prevention of Crime, Montreal, Canada, Institute for the Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa, Korean Institute Of Criminology, Seoul, South Korea, College for Criminal Law Science, Beijing, China, and European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, Helsinki, Finland.
The subject matter experts can provide links to areas of specific interest on around 100 topics or sub-topics in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice. Delegates can ask questions about virtually anything and are directed to people or other resources to get the right answers.
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