On 29 January 2016, in the context of the 138th session of WHO's Executive Board, governments agreed on a draft resolution on the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children. During discussions on the draft resolution, which was co-sponsored by more than 50 Member States, more than 20 countries commented, expressing a strong willingness to address interpersonal violence, and to use the WHO global plan of action as a key tool for implementing the violence-related Sustainable Development Goals. The draft resolution, proposed by the governments of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Georgia, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States of America, Uruguay, Zambia, and European Union Member States, recommends to the 69th World Health Assembly to • endorse the WHO global plan of action; • encourage Member States to adapt the WHO global plan of action at national level in line with their commitments already made, including those reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals; • urge Member States to implement the proposed actions; • invite partners to implement the necessary actions to contribute to the accomplishment of the four strategic directions of the WHO global plan of action, which are to: o strengthen health system leadership and governance o strengthen health service delivery and health workers'/providers' capacity to respond o strengthen programming to prevent interpersonal violence, and o improve information and evidence, and • request the WHO Director-General to implement the proposed actions for the Secretariat in the WHO global plan of action and submit to the 71st World Health Assembly an interim, and to the 74th World Health Assembly, a full report on the progress achieved. The WHO global plan of action is grounded in science, and based in part on the findings and recommendations of the Global status report on violence prevention 2014. Published by WHO, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in December 2014, the report revealed that 475 000 people were murdered in 2012, and homicide is the third leading cause of death globally for males aged 15-44 years. Despite indications that homicide rates decreased by 16% globally between 2000 and 2012, violence remains widespread. Non-fatal acts of violence take a particular toll on women and children. One in four children has been physically abused; one in five girls has been sexually abused; and one in three women has been a victim of physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence at some point in her lifetime. The Global status report on violence prevention 2014 concluded that only one third of the 133 countries surveyed are implementing large-scale initiatives to prevent violence, such as bullying prevention programmes, visits by nurses to families at risk, and support to those who care for older people; just over half the countries are fully enforcing a set of 12 laws generally acknowledged to prevent violence, although 80% countries have enacted them; and only half of all countries have services in place to protect and support victims of violence. In line with the WHO global plan of action, the Global status report on violence prevention 2014 calls for a scaling up of violence prevention programmes in all countries; stronger legislation and enforcement of laws relevant for violence prevention; strengthened justice and security institutions to uphold the rule of law; and enhanced services for victims of violence. It also advocates for better and more effective use of data to inform violence prevention programming and to measure progress.

Female Genital Mutilation in Europe: An analysis of court cases

Key facts Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women. Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths. More than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut in the 29 countries in Africa and Middle East where FGM is concentrated (1). FGM is mostly carried out on young girls sometime between infancy and age 15. FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women

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Register Now for Webinar: Surviving the Trenches, The Impact of Trauma Exposure on Corrections Professionals

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center and the American Probation and Parole Association Event status: Not started (Register) Date and time: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) Change time zone Panelist(s) Info: Kirsten Lewis, M.Ed, KSL Research, Training, and Consultation, LLC Nathan Lowe, Research Associate, American Probation and Parole Association Dr. Heather Tubman-Carbone, Grantee Technical Assistance Manager, Corrections, Council of State Governments Justice Center Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Description: Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center and the American Probation and Parole Association Research suggests that constant exposure to disturbing aspects of human behavior and the pain and suffering of others can come with a price for professionals. This workshop examines secondary trauma and compassion fatigue as experienced by corrections professionals. It brings together the latest research on the physiological impact of trauma exposure with simple, realistic techniques that can mitigate the negative effects, improve personal wellbeing, and enhance professional longevity. Presenters will: Define and discuss compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout as it related to community corrections; Review self-care strategies that have been successful in reducing the impact of trauma exposure; and Utilize interactive technology that allows participants to measure their own stress and resilience during the presentation.

News from the U.K. Government: Proven reoffending statistics, England and Wales: April 2013 to March 2014

This report provides key statistics on proven reoffending in England and Wales

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News from the U.K. Government: Youth justice annual statistics, England and Wales: 2014 to 2015

From:Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board for England and Wales First published:28 January 2016Part of:Youth justice statistics

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News from the U.K. Government:Mother and Baby Units: applications and admissions: 2013 to 2015

From:Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service First published: 6 February 2016Part of:Ad hoc justice statisticsApplies to:England and Wales

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News from the U.K. Government: Prime Minister announces reform to the prison system including six new 'reform prisons' to be created this year and cha

From:Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Department for Education, HM Treasury and Ministry of Justice First published: 8 February 2016Part of:Justice system transparency, Victims of crime, Crime prevention and Criminal justice reform

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More than 10.35 million people are in prison around the world, new report published by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research shows.

More than 10.35 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world according to the latest edition of the World Prison Population List (WPPL), researched and compiled by Roy Walmsley and published on Wednesday 3 February by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, at Birkbeck, University of London.

Beyond the Fence: A Virtual Tour of a Canadian Penitentiary

Have you ever wondered what a federal institution looks like? The Correctional Service of Canada’s virtual tour lets you see beyond the fence. The tour consists of 360-degree panoramic views of various areas within an institution. You can tour: •a minimum, medium and maximum security cell and range •chapel •workshop •programs room •health care centre •and much, much more. Enter now to experience a federal institution first-hand.

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Erasmus+ training course: learn how to get funded

Useful information and best practices of Erasmus+ Programme, accomplished by guidelines on how to develop your project idea in 2 days! Why to take this course? Erasmus+ Programme aims at supporting projects in the fields of Education, Training, Youth, and Sport for the 2014-2020 financing period providing many opportunities for the educational projects that target young people, students, adults, and professionals. The 2-days training is created to empower the participants in acquiring a solid understanding of the funding opportunities as well as professional guidelines in developing project idea for the concrete call for proposals identified by the trainer prior the course. Using interactive methods, the participants are asked to actively take part in the programme, which creates more effective transfer of knowledge and stronger follow-up in terms of successful fundraising through Erasmus+ Programme.  Sessions: 24-25 February 2016 Location: Science 14 Atrium Rue de La Science 14b, Brussels (Belgium)  Course fee: EUR 590 – EARLY BIRD fee (valid only for registrations before 24 January 2016) EUR 690 – Regular participation

CoCoRa starts: Preventing radicalisation of young people

The recent terror actions are tragic evidence of the continuous need for new strategies, approaches and methods to prevent and respond to radicalisation and violent/militant extremism. The “Communities Counteracting Radicalisation” (CoCoRa) project aims to develop a new, bottom-up and inclusive approach to prevent violent extremism. The five CoCoRa partners met on 10th and 11th December in Helsingør, Denmark, to launch the project, which is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission. Partner organisations come from Denmark, Germany, Austria, France and Italy. The CoCoRa project departs from the observation that in previous efforts there seemed to be skepticism about the involvement of local communities and civil society resources in the activities, especially those with a Muslim background. This reluctance may, however, increase the distance between youngsters with Muslim background from the surrounding society, which may lead in some cases to the development of sympathies for fundamentalist and/or violent extremist thoughts. On this background, the CoCoRa project aims to develop and test a new prevention strategy that involves local communities and citizens with a Muslim background directly and actively in the prevention of radicalisation and violent extremism.

Brownsville’s Broken Windows

Center for Court Innovation: "Community Justice in Brownsville: We continue to offer alternatives to incarceration and positive leadership opportunities to young people in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The New York Times has written about our work several times in the past few weeks, including a piece entitled "Brownsville’s Broken Windows."

Young People’s Mental Health in Europe: Promoting Prevention and Early Intervention Through Multi-Sector Cooperation

Public Policy Exchange Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Brussels Tuesday 26th April 2016 KEY SPEAKER: Carsten Mejer Obel Director, Center for Collaborative Health MD, GP, PhD Professor in General Medicine, Aarhus University

YouthMetre – Young people’s active participation starts from Berlin

YouthMetre – a tool for forward looking youth participation – is a project that has as main objective to encourage young people in participate more actively in European policies and the same time to support public authorities in designing and implementing effective youth policies and initiatives. In Berlin, the 28th and 29th of January was held the Kick-off Meeting, during which YouthMetre partners gave start to the project activities. The European partnership consists of five no-profit organizations and one university: European Association of geographers EUROGEO (coordinator), European Youth Press – Network of young media makers, ALDA – the European Association for Local Democracy, ARS for Progress of People, CESIE and University of Zaragoza UNIZAR. Financed by the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 3 – Support for policy reform YouthMetre addresses the Priority 7: “Using e-participation as an instrument to foster young people’s empowerment and active participation in democratic life”. Nowadays it is acknowledged the growing detachment of young people from politics and their difficulties in self-assessment their needs and in translate them into proposals and projects. At the same time, public authorities at national, regional and local level show difficulties in developing initiatives that interpret at best the perceived needs of young people. Through YouthMetre training activities, that will involve several study groups across Europe, young people will gain awareness of their needs, they will know more about the EU Youth Strategy and acquire the tools to deal with the decision-makers and to influence policy making. CESIE is responsible for the design and test of the training modules on EU Youth Strategy, Open Method of Coordination, study cases of good practices and examples of use of YouthMetre web application. cesie: YouthMetre will be soon a web application that allows the visualization of Member States, regions, local administration performances and achievement in the eight areas of the EU Youth Strategy. A collection of good practices will be used as a reference for public authorities and as a source of inspiration to guide future initiatives. For further information on the project, please contact Caterina Impastato: caterina.impastato@cesie.org. Follow YouthMetre on Facebook and on Twitter

PhD scholarships and Open Evening for UCL Security Science Doctoral Training Centre (UCL SECReT)

Date: Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 6pm-8pm Venue: Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre (G06), Roberts Building, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT Each year UCL SECReT organises an open evening at which prospective students of the course can come along and learn more about the programme. The open evening includes presentations by programme leaders about the vision and goals of the centre, the modules involved in the course, our areas of research, and the wider activities that students will participate in as part of their four-year training programme, and also the application and scholarship award process.

Policing Education Qualifications Framework Consultation

Forward by Chief Constable Alex Marshall CEO, College of Policing The Job’s not what it used to be’ was the popular refrain when I joined the police in 1980. I was not in the first generation of police to hear this. My grandfather told me how modern innovations such as the personal radio and panda cars had changed the job after he joined in 1929. Further back, his father could have blamed the introduction of motorised transport for the big change in offending behaviour, and therefore police work, after he joined in 1902. So, has it really changed that much recently? Based on our analysis of the changing nature of demand in policing and our review on police leadership at all levels, the answer is: Yes, it has. ICS | The Professional Home of Community Safety One of the big changes of recent times is the increase in online criminality and the resultant need for officers and staff to investigate and gather intelligence online. Another is the substantial rise in public protection work that sees those serving in the police striving increasingly to prevent domestic abuse, monitor high-risk sex offenders and protect at-risk children. High-risk judgements have to be made about where and when to place resources, and whether or not to intervene to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. Situations which may be considered a basic feature of policing, such as maintaining the peace by splitting up an alcohol-induced fight, have also changed.

ICS - Community Safety Partnership Report 2015 / 2016

Community Safety Partnership Information Survey 2015/16 - Summary The purpose of gathering this information was to enable the Institute of Community Safety to map existing Community Safety practitioners throughout the UK, however we had only 28 responses to this request which was sent to approximately 900 community safety representatives. Whilst disappointing, we do understand from our members that many CSPs have now merged and where once there were several practitioners there is, in some cases, now only one person acting as the admin officer for the partners.

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Conference CJS CEE 2016 - Abstract submission deadline March 18th, 2016

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SOCIAL CONTROL IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES The Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor Ljubljana, September 26-27, 2016 http://www.fvv.um.si/conf2016/index.html In contemporary society security and safety are among the most appreciated values while the trends in security/safety provision stresses the importance and necessity of using a knowledge-based approaches. The CJS CEE Conference is the best place to exchange the latest views, concepts, and research findings from criminal justice studies on safety, security, and social control in local communities among scientists, researchers, and practitioners from all over the globe. The deadline to submit abstracts is fast approaching. Date: March 18, 2016.

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Learn a step-by-step approach for exploiting successfully SME instrument under Horizon 2020

European Academy for Education and Social Research supports your active learning in the development of EU projects through the European Projects Accelerator. Discover the upcoming three courses of March 2016. Learn a step-by-step approach for exploiting successfully SME instrument under Horizon 2020

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Register Now for Webinars about Second Chance Act Solicitations

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) Change time zone

Event Information: Second Chance Act Reentry Program for Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders Solicitation Webinar

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Wednesday, March 9, 2016 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)

webinar: Event Information: Responding to the FY16 Second Chance Act Technology-based Career Training Grant Solicitation

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)

Webinar: Event Information: Responding to the FY16 Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Mentoring Grant Solicitation

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)