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Prompted by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, UNICRI reinforced its e-learning capacity and expanded its online training programmes. Consequently, the Institute’s training programmes, including the Master of Laws in Transnational Crime and Justice, were almost fully transformed for online delivery in 2020, while still maintaining their interdisciplinary and practical approach. 5. (...) UNICRI collaborated with the Office of Counter-Terrorism, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Centre for Sport Security under the Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events, and Promotion of Sport and Its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism. (...) UNICRI also organized an online specialized training session on the infiltration by organized crime of the legitimate supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and reintegration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 III. Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies . . 17 IV. (...) Expresses its satisfaction with the results achieved by the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Kyoto, Japan, from 7 to 12 March 2021, which were based on, notwithstanding the situation brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the participation of a record number of Member States, United Nations entities, other intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and individual experts, and expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for enabling not only in-person but also online participation through the use of a customized online event platform; 2. (...) Address the needs and protect the rights of children and youth, with due consideration to their vulnerabilities, to ensure their protection from all forms of crime, violence, abuse and exploitation both online and offline, such as sexual abuse and exploitation of children and trafficking in persons, noting the particular vulnerabilities of children in the context of smuggling of migrants, as well as recruitment by organized criminal groups including gangs, as well as by terrorist groups; Youth empowerment for crime prevention 30.

On 22 November, she contributed to the session on child rights in sport at the Sporting Chance Forum, held in Geneva. (...) Dance, “Fighting the good fight against online child sexual abuse”, New York Times, 23 December 2019. (...) Sale and sexual exploitation of children in the context of sports 43. Intrinsically linked to the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism is their exploitation in the context of sports and major sporting events (see A/HRC/40/51).

An important move towards online learning activities took place during the pandemic, which led to the development and delivery of numerous e-learning courses, webinars and online training sessions. 7. (...) In Kenya, UNODC supported the National Police Service to conduct online training for police officers on various aspects of police work, including sexual and gender-based violence. 20. (...) In Indonesia, UNODC conducted a national online workshop for professionals from various sectors on child-friendly individual assessment for children associated with terrorist groups.

UNODC, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has developed a guide entitled Legal Approaches to Tackling the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, as well as a publication entitled Tackling Bribery in Sport: An Overview of Relevant Standards and Laws, developed by the International Partnership against Corruption in Sport Task Force 4, on enhancing effective cooperation between law enforcement agencies, criminal justice authorities and sport organizations, which is co-chaired by UNODC and IOC. 13. (...) In line with the recommendation of the expert meeting, the secretariat continued to update the online directory of competent national authorities (available at https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld//v3/sherloc/cna/index.jspx). 25. (...) The second plenary meeting was attended (in person and online) by 105 representatives of 62 member authorities from 47 countries.

Countering child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 VI. Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 B. (...) The Commission recommended to the Economic and Social Council the approval of the following draft resolutions for adoption by the General Assembly: (a) “Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies”; (b) “Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Cr ime Prevention and Criminal Justice”; (c) “Education for Justice and the rule of law in the context of sustainable development”; (d) “Promoting technical assistance and capacity-building to strengthen national measures and international cooperation to combat cybercrime, including information-sharing”; (e) “Countering child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse online”; and (f) “Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism”. (...) Invites Member States, entities of the United Nations system, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and other stakeholders, including sports-related organizations, federations and associations, athletes, the media, civil society, academia and the private sector, to promote greater awareness and action to reduce crime so as to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development15 through sports-based initiatives, taking into account the importance of youth crime prevention and criminal justice and the risks to youth posed by corruption and crime in sport, and to use sport as a tool to promote peace, justice and dialogue during and beyond the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games; 3.

She outlined her country’s efforts to safeguard sport from corruption, and provided an overview of relevant national legislation and law CAC/COSP/IRG/2020/5/Add.1 V.20-04800 8/10 enforcement measures in place to combat and prevent corruption in sport. The framework provided for criminal and administrative liability for exerting unlawful influence on the outcome of official sports competitions. In addition, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Sport had created an information booklet on combating corruption in sport to raise awareness with regard to those key issues. (...) Information on the preparatory online briefing sessions would be circulated shortly.

An updated list is available to competent authorities and government agencies in an online directory (www.unodc.org/compauth_uncac/en/index.html). 2. (...) As at June 2019, nine educational videos of the Zorbs were available online in English, French and Spanish, and they will be translated into Arabic and Russian. (...) An expert group meeting to develop a guide on reporting mechanisms for sport was held in Austria in February 2019, with a view to making it available online early in the third quarter of 2019. 83.