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Twelfth United Nations Congress
on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Salvador, Brazil, 12-19 April 2010

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19 April

Closing of the High Level Segment and Final Press Briefing

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Lameck MANGANI, Minister of Home Affairs, Zambia
High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Alexander FEDOROV, First Deputy Minister of Justice, Russian Federation
High-Level Segment, Mr. Philippe BOILLAT, Director-General for Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Lameck MANGANI, Minister of more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Alexander FEDOROV, First Deputy more...

High-Level Segment, Mr. Philippe BOILLAT, Director-General for Human more...

High-Level Segment, Algerian Delegation
High-Level Segment, Qatar Delegation
Closing Press Briefing for the 12th Crime Congress, (f.l.t.r.) Giancarlo SUMMA, Deputy Spokesperson; John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the Congress; Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil

High-Level Segment, Algerian Delegation

High-Level Segment, Qatar Delegation

Closing Press Briefing for the 12th Crime Congress, (f.l.t.r.) more...

18 April

High-Level Segment and Launch of the Digest

High-Level Segment, Mr. Antonio Maria COSTA, Secretary-General of Congress and Executive Director, UNODC
High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Daniela KOVAROVA, Minister of Justice, Czech Republic
High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Boules FAHMY ESKANDER, Assistant Minister of Justice for Administrative and Financial Development and Judicial Requests, Egypt

High-Level Segment, Mr. Antonio Maria COSTA, Secretary-General more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Daniela KOVAROVA, Minister of Justice more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Boules FAHMY ESKANDER more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Giacomo CALIENDO, Vice Minister of Justice, Italy
High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel NGAFFESSON, Vice Minister for Penitentiary Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Cameroon
High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms Alina Mihaela BICA, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice and Citizens Freedoms, Romania

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Giacomo CALIENDO, Vice Minister of more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Emmanuel NGAFFESSON more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms Alina Mihaela BICA, Secretary of State more...

Launch of the Digest of Terrorist Cases, with the President of the Crime Congress and the Secretary-General of Congress
Launch of the Digest of Terrorist Cases, Mr. Antonio Maria COSTA, Secretary-General of Congress and Executive Director, UNODC
Launch of the Digest of Terrorist Cases

Launch of the Digest of Terrorist Cases, with the President of more...

Launch of the Digest of Terrorist Cases, Mr. Antonio Maria more...

Launch of the Digest of Terrorist Cases

17 April

First day of the High-Level Segment

High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Tuija BRAX, Minister of Justice, Finland
High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Nosiviwe MAPISA-NQAKULA, Minister of Correctional Services, South Africa
High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Fikrat MAMMADOV, Minister of Justice, Azerbaijan

High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Tuija BRAX, Minister of Finland

High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Nosiviwe MAPISA-NQAKULA, Minister more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Fikrat MAMMADOV, Minister of Justice more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Julio César ALAK, Minister of Justice, Argentina
High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Mohamed NACIRI, Minister of Justice, Morocco
High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Aiying WU, Minister of Justice, China

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Julio César ALAK, Minister of Justice, Morocco

High-Level Segment, H.E. Mr. Mohamed NACIRI, Minister of Justice, more...

High-Level Segment, H.E. Ms. Aiying WU, Minister of Justice, China

16 April

5th day at the Crime Congress, lauch of a special postage and concert

Launch of a special postage stamp, created for the 12th Congress in Brazil, (f.l.t.r.) Fernando SCHMIDT, Chief of Staff of the Governor of Bahia, Brazil; Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil; Mariana TAVARES, Secretary of Economic Rights of Bahia, Brazil; Mauricio KUEHNE, National Department of Prisons; Jackson GONÇALVES JAQUES, Director of the Regional Post Office of Bahia, Brazil; John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the Congress
Launch of a special postage stamp, created for the 12th Congress in Brazil, John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the Congress
Special postage stamp, created for the 12th Congress in Brazil

Launch of a special postage stamp, created for the 12th more...

Launch of a special postage stamp, created for the 12th Congress more...

Special postage stamp, created for the 12th Congress in Brazil

Centro de Convenções da Bahia
Day Five of the Crime Congress
Day Five of the Crime Congress

Centro de Convenções da Bahia

Day Five of the Crime Congress

Day Five of the Crime Congress

Concert in the Centro de Convenções da Bahia, Jemanja Auditorium by Daniela MERCURY, Singer and UNICEF Ambassador, with the 2 de Julho Orchestra, from Neojibá project
Concert in the Centro de Convenções da Bahia, Jemanja Auditorium by Daniela MERCURY, Singer and UNICEF Ambassador, with the 2 de Julho Orchestra, from Neojibá project
Concert in the Centro de Convenções da Bahia, Jemanja Auditorium by Daniela MERCURY, Singer and UNICEF Ambassador, with the 2 de Julho Orchestra, from Neojibá project

Concert in the Centro de Convenções da Bahia, Jemanja Auditorium by Daniela more...

Concert in the Centro de Convenções da Bahia, Jemanja Auditorium by Daniela more...

Concert in the Centro de Convenções da Bahia, Jemanja Auditorium by Daniela more...

15 April

Day four of the Crime Congress

Saijin ZHANG, Secretary, Committee I
Committee I, Sixth Meeting
Sonia ELLIOTT, Secretary, Committee II

Saijin ZHANG, Secretary, Committee I

Committee I, Sixth Meeting

Sonia ELLIOTT, Secretary, Committee II

Manfred NOWAK, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment at Committee II, Fourth Meeting
Cezar PELUSO, Minister of Federal Supreme Court, Brazil
Day Four of the Crime Congress

Manfred NOWAK, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other more...

Cezar PELUSO, Minister of Federal Supreme Court, Brazil

Day Four of the Crime Congress

14 April

Fifth meeting of the plenary and exhibition

Plenary, Fifth Meeting
Committee I, Fourth Meeting
Exhibition Contemporary Bahia, Indio - loteado, Gaio Matos

Plenary, Fifth Meeting

Committee I, Fourth Meeting

Exhibition Contemporary Bahia, Indio - loteado, Gaio Matos

Day Three of the Crime Congress
Exhibition by Enhancing Lives of Female Inmates (ELFI)
Exhibition of Departamento de Estrangeiros

Day Three of the Crime Congress

Exhibition by Enhancing Lives of Female Inmates (ELFI)

Exhibition of Departamento de Estrangeiros

13 April

Third meeting of the plenary and committees

Plenary, Third Meeting (f.l.t.r.) John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the Congress; Luiz Paulo Teles Ferreira BARRETO, Minister of Justice, Brazil; Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil; Vivian PLINER, Secretary of the Plenary
Committee II, Second Meeting
Committee I, Second Meeting

Plenary, Third Meeting (f.l.t.r.) John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary more...

Committee II, Second Meeting

Committee I, Second Meeting

Day Two of the Crime Congress
Day Two of the Crime Congress
Day Two of the Crime Congress

Day Two of the Crime Congress

Day Two of the Crime Congress

Day Two of the Crime Congress

12 April

First meeting of the plenary, press briefing and reception

Opening of the Congress, (f.l.t.r.) Joao Henrique CARNEIRO, Mayor of the city of Salvador; Jacques WAGNER, Governor of the State of Bahia; John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the Congress; Luiz Paulo Teles Ferreira BARRETO, Minister of Justice, Brazil; Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil; Vivian PLINER, Secretary of the Plenary; Dimitri VLASSIS, Substantive Coordinator of the Congress; Bo MATHIASEN, Regional Representative, Brazil and the South Cone Regional Office, UNODC
Luiz Paulo Teles BARRETO, Minister of Justice of Brazil addressing the Opening Session of the Congress
Dimitri VLASSIS, Substantive Coordinator of the Congress

Opening of the Congress, (f.l.t.r.) Joao Henrique CARNEIRO more...

Luiz Paulo Teles BARRETO, Minister of Justice of Brazil more...

Dimitri VLASSIS, Substantive Coordinator of the Congress

View of the Plenary
Opening Press Briefing, (f.l.t.r.) Giancarlo SUMMA, Deputy Spokesperson; John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the Congress; Luiz Paulo Teles Ferreira BARRETO, Minister of Justice, Brazil; Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil
Jacques WAGNER, Governor of the State of Bahia speaking with the media

View of the Plenary

Opening Press Briefing, (f.l.t.r.) Giancarlo SUMMA, Deputy more...

Jacques WAGNER, Governor of the State of Bahia speaking more...

Reception hosted by the Government of Brazil to welcome the participants of the 12th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Reception hosted by the Government of Brazil to welcome the participants of the 12th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Reception hosted by the Government of Brazil to welcome the participants of the 12th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Reception hosted by the Government of Brazil to welcome the more...

Reception hosted by the Government of Brazil to welcome the more...

Reception hosted by the Government of Brazil to welcome the more...

11 April

Handover Ceremony, Press Briefing and Webcast Team

Handover Ceremony, Jacques WAGNER, Governor of Bahia
Handover Ceremony, John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Handover Ceremony, Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil

Handover Ceremony, Jacques WAGNER, Governor of Bahia

Handover Ceremony, John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the more...

Handover Ceremony, Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary more...

Handover of the Centro de Convenções da Bahia to the United Nations for the duration of the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Press Briefing held after the Handover Ceremony, (f.l.t.r.) Romeu TUMA JUNIOR, National Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Brazil; Giancarlo SUMMA, Deputy Spokesperson of the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; John SANDAGE, Executive Secretary of the 12th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Webcast Team
Seated: Valerie Justin, Andreas Damianou(Chief, UN Webcast) and Paula Gonzaga
Standing (Left to right): Angelo Reale, Hugo Martins, Danilo Oliveira, Igor de Vasconcelos, Jenner Mateus, Maicon Santos, André Luiz, Nilcleiton Teixeira

Handover of the Centro de Convenções da Bahia to the United Nations more...

Press Briefing held after the Handover Ceremony, (f.l.t.r.) Romeu more...

Seated: Valerie Justin, Andreas Damianou(Chief, UN Webcast) more...

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