VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN:

IMPACT ON YOUTH AND RESPONSES IN

THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19

The workshop in Spanish aims to analyze

the risk factors of youth victimisation and

involvement in crime and violence, in

particular in the context of increased

vulnerabilities during COVID-19, and to

identify existing and future responses in

countries within the region.

17 JULY 20209:00 COLOMBIA, MEXICO, PERU10:00 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC16:00 VIENNA

PRE-REGISTRATION

SESSION I: RISK FACTORSOF YOUTH CRIME ANDVIOLENCE IN THECONTEXT OF COVID-19

The panelists will shed light on the key risk

factors of youth crime and violence, and the

techniques used by organized crime to

recruit/involve youth in violence.

AGENDA

SESSION II: ACTIONS TOPREVENT YOUTH CRIMEAND VIOLENCE DURINGAND AFTER THE PANDEMIC

CONCLUSIONS & CLOSING

The panelists will share key actions and

initiatives developed in the region to prevent

youth crime and victimization during and after

the pandemic.

This is one of the UNODC online workshop

series on “Youth Violence and Crime

Prevention in the Context of COVID-19”

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