Mexico City (Mexico), 25-26 May 2022 – The International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS) Meetings were jointly organized by the CoE, UNODC and UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice (UNODC-INEGI CoE), 25-26 May 2022, in Mexico City.
As part of UNODC’s commitment to optimize crime and criminal justice statistics, the ICCS was developed as a methodological tool based on internationally agreed concepts, categories and definitions aiming to improve the consistency and international comparability of crime and criminal justice statistics. The ICCS also enables countries to produce high quality data to report and measure the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators under UNODC mandate in the areas of crime, violence, justice, and the rule of law.
The ICCS Meetings included two sections, Engagement and Technical Exchange. The ‘ICCS Engagement Meeting’ was opened by Enrico Bisogno, Chief of the Data Development and Dissemination Section, Research and Trend Analysis Branch, UNODC, Oscar Jaimes Bello, General Director for Government, Crime and Justice Statistics, National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI), and Hyang Woo Jeong, Director-General for Coordination and Planning, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Representatives from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and the Republic of Korea in various stages of ICCS implementation were invited to showcase the process of adopting the ICCS, as well as the obstacles and lessons learned. Bahrain, Mongolia and UAE, which have expressed interest in ICCS implementation, also participated.
The ‘ICCS Technical Meeting’ was organized for Republic of Korea and Mexico to exchange knowledge on technical aspects of ICCS implementation in the following day. Through this meeting, the CoE understood national insights in the implementation process of Mexico and Republic of Korea, identified common challenges in the varying stages of the ICCS implementation, and discussed policy implications and future steps to improve the ICCS implementation Manual.
The meetings provided a space to re-engage counties involved in ICCS implementation and to understand their process in national contexts, as well as to strengthen the partnership between the CoEs and the two countries. The CoE plans to expand on these meetings by organizing regional ICCS engagement meetings and continue engaging with Member States interested in the implementation process.
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