Mr Eduardo Vetere presented with Lifetime Achievement Award

During an official dinner for the Heads of Delegations at the 10th Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, ICOS presented a lifetime achievement award to Mr Eduardo Vetere, one of the founders of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice programme, for his dedicated efforts in crime prevention and combating organised crime.

Eduard Vetere Profile Brief

Security and Citizenship: Working Towards a New Paradigm

A major challenge facing the world in the 21st century are the social changes associated with rapidly growing urban populations, poverty and rising social inequality. These dynamics pose specific security and social challenges, which need to be addressed now to avert crises in the near future. The rapid rate of twentieth century urbanisation means that many countries have struggled to keep pace with employment, education and social provision. In this context, innovative and cost effective responses become more and more necessary.

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New feature: Books

Presentations from the International Symposium on Public Security and Drug Policy, Rio de Janeiro 25-27 February 2008

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The Symposium brought together national and international authorities, as well as specialists and policy makers to discuss the challenges of public security with professionals from the field. In particular, the discussion worked to understand the ways in which the problem of drugs impacts on public security, and the inter-relationships between drug policies and public security policies.

The dialogue resulted in a positive sharing of knowledge between participants on the themes discussed. In order to give a further relevance to the Symposium, ICOS has organised and brought together the speeches of the Symposium in this book.