On May 22nd 2025 UPF organized a side event during the thirty-fourth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) on the topic

“CRIME PREVENTION HOUSE RULES TO INTEGRATE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD”

 

The event by the Universal Peace Federation addressed challenges in integrating immigrant children and youth, focusing on early education and understanding host countries' legal norms. The discussion emphasized the need to counter uncivil and criminal behaviour through three key strategies:

1. Fostering Trust in Education: To support integration, schools and educators must build strong, trust-based relationships with immigrant students.

2. Teaching the Rule of Law: Legal norms should be promoted consistently in educational settings, aligning with the UN Global Compact on Migration.

3. Defending Legal Norms Against Intolerance: Ongoing efforts are essential to uphold these values and combat resistance to the Rule of Law.

These actions are vital for promoting peace, justice, and integration in diverse societies and may interest the Fifteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Abu Dhabi, 25–30 April 2026).

 

 

Introduction:

PETER HAIDER, President Universal Peace Federation Austria, Chair NGO Committe on Peace – UN Vienna

DR. SLAWOMIR REDO, Visiting Professor of United Nations Law; former UN Senior Expert at UNODC

 

     

Panelists:

CHRISTIAN KLAR, Since 2012 headmaster of a middle school in Floridsdorf, Author of the book “What's going on in our schools?”

PROF. DR. ARNIIKA KUUSISTO, Professor for Early Childhood Education, University of Helsinki, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Education, University of Oxford

DR. FRIEDRICH FORSTHUBER, Austrian lawyer, criminal judge and President of the Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Matters.

DR. ALI BAQERI, Studied International Relations, Officer with the International Red Cross since 1996, represents UPF at the United Nations since 2023, an active visual artist.

   

Universal Peace Federation,

NGO in General Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations

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