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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
UNLIREC holds regional webinars on “Evidentiary Hearings and the Discipline of Firearm and Tool Mark Examination” with 12 CARICOM States
On 21 March 2022, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), hosted two regional webinars on Evidentiary Hearings and the Discipline of...
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...