15th UN Crime Congress - Customary and Informal Justice Ancillary Meeting

Peace Support Office; Vanuatu Australia Policing and Justice Program Co-sponsors: Canada and Germany Location:  Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) - Room 1D, Abu Dhabi, UAE Overview The proposed ancillary meeting aims to share new insights on effective interface and coherence between the criminal justice system and informal and community-based justice that can deliver people-centered justice, reduce crime, and sustain peace. The main objectives of the side event will include: Share success stories on how improved interface and coherence between formal and customary, informal, and community-based justice actors contributes to access to justice, crime prevention, and peacebuilding Spotlight evidence-based policy innovation of relevance to Member States participating in the 15th UN Crime Congress Stimulate substantive action to advance people-centred justice through engagement with diverse pathways to justice Foster knowledge exchange and coalition-building amongst policymakers, practitioners, and researchers Speakers:Guy Valère Badanaro, Africa Representative, Generation Justice Youth Network, Togo Jan Beagle, Director-General, IDLO Enrique Gil Botero, Secretary-General, Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Ibero-American Countries Georgia Diogo, Director, Ibero-American Network for International Legal Cooperation Ayad Al-Kidi, Executive Manager, Afaq Shababia Foundation, Yemen Rachel Odoi-Musoke, Chief Technical Advisor, Governance and Security Programme, Office of the President of Uganda Judith Pareno, Principal Secretary for the State Department for Justice, Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs of Kenya Owen Ripley, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice, Canada Maria Filomena Singh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Rimpazandé Zackaria Soulga, Minister to the Dima, Kingdom of Boussouma, Burkina Faso