This online event aims to support States by disseminating and raising awareness of existing methodologies, tools, and resources that enhance investigative skills and capabilities. The goal is to prevent torture and other ill-treatment while safeguarding the rights of suspects, witnesses, and victims of crime.
The event takes place during the 12th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC COP12). The side-event further commemorate the International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime, celebrated annually on November 15.
The event is being hosted by the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in Vienna, in its capacity as a Convention Against Torture Initiative (CTI) Core State, and held in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It is being supported by the CTI Core States of Chile, Ghana and Indonesia, alongside Norway and NCHR.