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Public officials and civil society from Jamaica participate in seminar to defy violence in schools
UNLIREC, in collaboration with UNESCO, conducts webinar 'Violence in schools: challenges and responses' On 25 May 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with UNESCO...
UNLIREC trains more than 100 chilean public officials to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in firearms and ammunition
Chilean authorities participate in the first edition of the "Course on Combating Trafficking in Arms and Ammunition (CTAM) Chile, 16 May 2022.- From May 16 to 20, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the...
Haiti begins drafting action plan under Caribbean Firearms Roadmap
On 15 February 2022, Haiti became the 12th State to commence concrete actions under the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap and initiated the process to establish a National Action Plan (NAP) for its implementation. Haiti adopted the ‘Roadmap for Implementing the Caribbean...
UNLIREC trained forensic professionals and officials of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Argentina on gender perspectives in applicable to firearms- related criminal investigations
From 9 to 19 May 2022, the United Nations Regions Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in coordination with the Women’s Office of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina carried out the Specialised Course on...
Trinidad and Tobago: Police presents initiatives to prevent domestic violence
UNLIREC organized a webinar on the use of firearms in acts of violence against women with the participation of different government sectors and civil society in Trinidad and Tobago. On 5 May 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and...
UNLIREC held webinar on the importance of firearms control in preventing armed violence against women in Jamaica
On 3 May 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) in collaboration with the Ministry of National Security hosted a webinar on “Measures to prevent armed violence against women”, which...
UNLIREC delivers training to justice and security sectors in the Dominican Republic on applying gender perspectives into firearms-related criminal investigations
From the 25 April to 6 May 2022, the United Nations Regions Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in coordination with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Women, carried out the Specialised Course on Firearms...
UNLIREC holds Executive Seminar and Inter-Institutional Roundtable Meetings on the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap, with Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
On 25-27 April 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Caribbean Community’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), in collaboration with the...
Haiti addresses Goal 4 of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap during round table meeting to advance its National Action Plan
On 21 April 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Government of Haiti and the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), and with financial...
UNLIREC trains Belize Customs and Excise Department and Belize Police Department on interdicting small arms, ammunition and explosives
From 19 April to 6 May 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) delivered its Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components (ISAAPC) course in virtual format in Belize....
UNLIREC conducted a web seminar in the Dominican Republic on the importance of arms control in the prevention of violence against women
On April 12, UNLIREC, together with the Ministry of Women of the Dominican Republic, held a virtual seminar on “Measures to prevent armed violence against women” in which more than 90 people from different sectors of government and civil society participated....
UNLIREC trains Grenada Customs and Excise Division, Royal Grenada Police Force and Grenada airport Authority on interdiction of small arms, ammunition and explosives
From 21 to 31 March 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) delivered its Interdicting Small Arms, Ammunition, Parts and Components (ISAAPC) course in hybrid format in Grenada....
UNLIREC holds Firearms Identification Workshop for Trinidad and Tobago
On 14 March 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), delivered a Firearms Identification Workshop: From Crime Scene to Court, in Trinidad and Tobago. The workshop, aimed at...
UNLIREC provides technical assessment for armouries in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada
From 14 to 18 March 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), carried out technical assessments for government armoury facilities in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada. During the...
UNLIREC holds Cartridge Case Triage Course for Trinidad and Tobago
From 7 – 10 March, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), delivered a Cartridge Case Triage Course in Trinidad and Tobago. One of the critical components of a successful preventive crime...
UNLIREC held a webinar for Peruvian institutions on the importance of gun control in the prevention of violence against women
On Tuesday 1 March 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Directorate of Security and Defence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, held the webinar...
UNLIREC holds Serial Number Restoration Courses for Jamaica
From 7 – 10 December 2021 and 15 - 18 February in Jamaica, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica hosted two Serial Number Restoration...
UNLIREC and CARICOM IMPACS hold Executive Seminar for the Advancement Haiti’s National Action Plan for the implementation of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap
On 15 February 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Caribbean Community’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), in collaboration with the...
UNLIREC holds Serial Number Restoration Course for St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago
From 25 – 28 January in St Kitts and Nevis, and from 31 January - 2 February in Trinidad and Tobago, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the Governments of both...
UNLIREC holds Regional Webinar on Building a Crime Gun Preventive Strategy in the Caribbean
On 20 January 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) hosted the regional webinar on ‘Building a Crime Gun Preventive Strategy in the Caribbean’. The objective of the webinar was to...
Webinar on Firearms Prevention in Schools in El Salvador
As part of the cycle of activities that UNLIREC has been carrying out between 2020 and 2021 to encourage conversation regionally and nationally about the phenomenon of firearms in schools, a webinar on ‘Firearms Prevention in Schools’ was held on the 16 December in...